A Vostok-2M rocket at Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 43 explodes during a fueling operation, killing 48 people. Date: March 18, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 18 📅 Events on this day in 1980 📅 On This Day (Today)
In the largest art theft in US history, 12 paintings, collectively worth around $500 million, are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Date: March 18, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 18 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today)
Germans in the German Democratic Republic vote in the first democratic elections in the former communist dictatorship. Date: March 18, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 18 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today)
Bosnia's Bosniaks and Croats sign the Washington Agreement, ending war between the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia and the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and establishing the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Date: March 18, 1994 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 18 📅 Events on this day in 1994 📅 On…
A nightclub fire in Quezon City, Philippines kills 162 people. Date: March 18, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 18 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day (Today)
The tail of a Russian Antonov An-24 charter plane breaks off while en route to Turkey, causing the plane to crash and killing all 50 people on board. Date: March 18, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 18 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today)
The parliaments of Russia and Crimea sign an accession treaty. Date: March 18, 2014 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 18 📅 Events on this day in 2014 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Bardo National Museum in Tunisia is attacked by gunmen. Twenty-four people, almost all tourists, are killed, and at least 50 other people are wounded. Date: March 18, 2015 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 18 📅 Events on this day in 2015 📅 On This Day (Today)
Israel launches widespread aerial bombardments and attacks on the Gaza Strip, killing at least 591 people, including children. Date: March 18, 2025 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 18 📅 Events on this day in 2025 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Second Polish Republic adopts the March Constitution. Date: March 17, 1921 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 17 📅 Events on this day in 1921 📅 On This Day (Today)