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Historical Events
on March 18th
- Lead Story
- Wells and Fargo start shipping and banking company,1852
- American Revolution
- Parliament repeals the Stamp Act,1766
- Automotive
- Studebaker goes bankrupt,1933
- Civil War
- Sanitary Commission Fair in Washington,1864
- Cold War
- Nationalist Chinese forces invade mainland China,1950
- Crime
- Three women are murdered at Yosemite,1999
- Disaster
- Natural gas explosion kills schoolchildren in Texas,1937
- General Interest
- Tolpuddle Martyrs banished to Australia,1834
- The Tri-State Tornado,1925
- French-Algerian truce,1962
- Hollywood
- Anthony Minghella dies,2008
- Literary
- John Updike is born,1932
- Music
- Irving Berlin copyrights the biggest pop song of the early 20th century,1911
- Old West
- Wells Fargo and Company established,1852
- Presidential
- Grover Cleveland is born in Caldwell, New Jersey,1837
- Sports
- Spectator death forces new rules for NHL games,2002
- Vietnam War
- U.S. bombs Cambodia for the first time,1969
- Lon Nol ousts Prince Sihanouk,1970
- World War I
- Allies open attack on Dardanelles,1915
- World War II
- War Relocation Authority is established in United States,1942
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