The War Relocation Authority is established in the United States to take Japanese Americans into custody. Date: March 18, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 18 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today)
Mount Vesuvius in Italy erupts, killing 26 people, causing thousands to flee their homes, and destroying dozens of Allied bombers. Date: March 18, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 18 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: 40th Infantry Division, spearheaded by the 185th US Infantry Regiment, lands unopposed in Tigbauan, forcing the Japanese forces to surrender and General Macario Peralta and Gen. Gen. Eichelberger to declare the Liberation of Panay, Romblon and Guimaras. Date: March 18, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 18…
Soviet consultants leave Yugoslavia in the first sign of the Tito–Stalin split. Date: March 18, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 18 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today)
An earthquake hits western Turkey, killing at least 1,070 people. Date: March 18, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 18 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Hawaii Admission Act is signed into law. Date: March 18, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 18 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Évian Accords end the Algerian War of Independence, which had begun in 1954. Date: March 18, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 18 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today)
Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, leaving his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to walk in space. Date: March 18, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 18 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today)
United Arab Airlines Flight 749 crashes on approach to Cairo International Airport in Cairo, Egypt, killing 30 people. Date: March 18, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 18 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today)
The supertanker Torrey Canyon runs aground off the Cornish coast. Date: March 18, 1967 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 18 📅 Events on this day in 1967 📅 On This Day (Today)