What happend on 18th March

17.03
19.03
1953

An earthquake hits western Turkey killing 250.

1945

World War II: 1,250 American bombers attack Berlin.

1940

World War II: Axis Powers

1938

Mexico nationalizes all foreign-owned oil properties within its borders.

1937

Spanish Civil War: Spanish Republican forces hand the Italian forces a grave defeat at the Battle of Guadalajara.

1937

The New London School explosion kills three hundred, mostly children.

1925

The Tri-State Tornado hits the Midwestern states of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 people.

1922

In India, Mohandas Gandhi is sentenced to six years in prison for civil disobedience. He would serve only 2 years.

1921

The second Peace of Riga between Poland and Soviet Union. Despite the recent Polish successes, Soviets annex Ukraine and Belarus. Government of Ukraine emigrates to France. Famine kills millions of Russians.

1915

World War I: Three battleships are sunk during a failed British & French naval attack on the Dardanelles.