WHAT HAPPENED ON 18. MARCH
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Traian Vuia flew a heavier-than-air aircraft for 20 meters at an altitude of one meter. (18. March 1906)

King George I of Greece was assassinated in the recently liberated city of Thessaloniki. (18. March 1913)

World War I: Massive naval attack in Battle of Gallipoli. Three battleships were sunk during a failed British and French naval attack on the Dardanelles. (18. March 1915)

The second Peace of Riga between Poland and Soviet Union. (18. March 1921)

In India, Mohandas Gandhi was sentenced to six years in prison for civil disobedience. He served only 2 years. (18. March 1922)

The Tri-State Tornado hit the Midwestern states of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 people. (18. March 1925)

The New London School explosion killed 300 people, mostly children. (18. March 1937)

Spanish Civil War: Spanish Republican forces defeated the Italians at the Battle of Guadalajara. (18. March 1937)

The human-powered aircraft, Pedaliante, flew 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) outside Milan. (18. March 1937)

Mexico nationalized all foreign-owned oil properties within its borders. (18. March 1938)

World War II: Axis Powers – 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. (18. March 1940)

The War Relocation Authority was established in the United States to take Japanese Americans into custody. (18. March 1942)

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Italy killed 26 people and causes thousands to flee their homes. (18. March 1944)

World War II: 1,250 American bombers attacked Berlin. (18. March 1945)

Diplomatic relations between Switzerland and the Soviet Union were established. (18. March 1946)

Soviet consultants left Yugoslavia in the first sign of the Tito-Stalin split. (18. March 1948)

An earthquake hit western Turkey, killing 250 people. (18. March 1953)

President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a bill into law allowing for Hawaiian statehood, which would become official on August 21. (18. March 1959)

The Evian Accords ended the Algerian War of Independence, which had begun in 1954. (18. March 1962)

Cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov, leaving his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes, became the first person to walk in space. (18. March 1965)