What happend on 18th March

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1980

On Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia 50 persons were killed at an explosion of a Vostok-2M rocket on its launch pad during a fueling operation.

1974

Oil embargo crisis: Most OPEC nations end a five-month oil embargo against the United States, Europe and Japan.

1971

A landslide at Chungar, Peru crashes into Lake Yanahuani killing 200.

1970

Lon Nol ousts Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.

1968

Gold standard: The U.S. Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency.

1965

Cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov, leaving his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to walk in space.

1962

In Luxembourg, Isabelle Aubret wins the seventh Eurovision Song Contest for France singing "Un premier amour" (A first love).

1962

France and Algeria sign an agreement ending the Algerian War.

1961

In Cannes, France, Jean-Claude Pascal wins the sixth Eurovision Song Contest for Luxembourg singing "Nous les amoureux" (We the lovers).

1959

American President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law allowing for Hawaiian statehood, which would become official on August 21.