The 1925 Tri-State tornado hits the Midwestern states of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 people. Date: March 18, 1925 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 18 📅 Events on this day in 1925 📅 On This Day (Today)
Spanish Civil War: Spanish Republican forces defeat the Italians at the Battle of Guadalajara. Date: March 18, 1937 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 18 📅 Events on this day in 1937 📅 On This Day (Today)
The New London School explosion in New London, Texas, kills 300 people, mostly children. Date: March 18, 1937 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 18 📅 Events on this day in 1937 📅 On This Day (Today)
Mexico creates Pemex by expropriating all foreign-owned oil reserves and facilities. Date: March 18, 1938 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 18 📅 Events on this day in 1938 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet at the Brenner Pass in the Alps and agree to form an alliance against France and the United Kingdom. Date: March 18, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 18 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)