eso ha pasado un 18 Marso

1922 : Gandhi


On March 18, 1922, Mohandas Gandhi is sentenced to six years in prison in India for civil disobedience, for having encouraged the boycott of British institutions and the boycott of British goods. He was released 2 years later.

1925 : Tri-state tornado


On March 18, 1925, a giant tornado hit three U.S. states: Missouri, Illinois and Indiana. 695 people were killed. It was called the tri-state tornado.

1937 : Explosion of a school


On 18 March 1937, a gas explosion blows the London School in New London, Texas. 400 people, mostly children, were killed.

1965 : First man to walk in space


On March 18, 1965, Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov became the first man to walk in space while leaving his spacecraft Voskshod II, a few minutes, just to make a few stunts.

1967 : Torrey Canyon


On 18 March 1967, the supertanker Torrey Canyon was wrecked off the British coast and leaked 100,000 tons of crude oil into the sea The disaster caused major environmental damage in Cornwall and in Normandy.

Actualidad del día : 18 Marso

Aruba's National Day
March 18 is National Day of Aruba, an island of the Lesser Antilles. The island is located near Venezuela and is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
La Madunuccia Day in Ajaccio
Day of men and soldiers in Mongolia
March 18 is the day of men in Mongolia. Formerly, it was the Day of the People's Army soldiers. On this day, women give gifts or make surprises for men around them.

Cita del día : 18 Marso

Mohandas Gandhi
What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea.

Cumpleaños : 18 Marso

Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne, (Madame de La Fayette), Escritora francesa (1634)
Antoine Chanzy, General francés (1823)
Grover Cleveland, 22o y 24o Presidente de los Estados Unidos (1837)
Stéphane Mallarmé, Poeta francés (1842)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Compositor ruso (1844)
Rudolf Diesel, Inventor alemán (motor diesel) (1858)
Neville Chamberlain, Primer ministro del Reino Unido (1869)
Bernard Cronin, Escritor australiano (1884)
Edward Everett Horton, Actor americano (1886)
Robert Donat, Actor inglés (1905)
René Clément, Director de cine francés (1913)
Peter Graves, Actor americano (1926)
Fidel V. Ramos, Presidente de las Filipinas (1928)
John Mollo, Diseñador de vestuario británico (1931)
John Updike, Escritor estadounidense (1932)
Frederik Willem de Klerk, Presidente de Sudáfrica, Premio Nobel de la Paz (1936)
Arlette Laguiller, Política francesa (1940)
Kevin Dobson, Actor americano (1943)
Patrick Chesnais, Actor francés (1947)
Ingemar Stenmark, Esquiadora sueca (1956)
Christer Fuglesang, Astronauta sueco (1957)
Xavier Deluc, Actor francés (1958)
Luc Besson, Director y productor francés (1959)
Irene Cara, Cantante americana (1959)
Vanessa L. Williams, Actriz y cantante estadounidense (1963)
Queen Latifah, Actriz y cantante estadounidense (1970)
Danny Murphy, Futbolista Inglés (1977)
Adam Levine, Músico estadounidense (Maroon 5) (1979)
Alexei Yagudin, Patinador ruso (1980)
Fabian Cancellara, Ciclista suizo (1981)
Gabriel Mercado, Futbolista argentino (1987)

Nos han dejado un 18 Marso

Robert Walpole, Primer ministro del Reino Unido (1745)
Marcellin Berthelot, Químico francés (1907)
Henri Cornet, Ciclista francés (1941)
Barbara Bates, Actriz americana (1969)
Odysseas Elytis, Poeta griego, premio Nobel de Literatura (1996)
John Phillips, Músico estadounidense (The Mamas & the Papas) (2001)
Anthony Minghella, Director de cine inglés (2008)
Natasha Richardson, Actriz inglesa (2009)
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