March 18


Tuesday 18, 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.


Thursday 18, 1965:

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


Thursday 18, 1915:

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


Tuesday 18, 1913:

George I of Greece is assassinated.


Saturday 18, 1871:

President of the French government Thiers orders evacuation of Paris, a socialist government rules the city.


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