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Historical Events on March 18

  • Stamp Act 1765

    1766

    American Revolution: The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act.

  • Congress of the Confederate States

    1865

    American Civil War: The Congress of the Confederate States adjourns for the last time.

  • Battle of Gallipoli

    1915

    World War I: During the Battle of Gallipoli, three battleships are sunk during a failed British and French naval attack on the Dardanelles.

  • Mohandas Gandhi

    1922

    In India, Mohandas Gandhi is sentenced to six years in prison for civil disobedience, of which he serves only two.

  • Battle of Guadalajara

    1937

    Spanish Civil War: Spanish Republican forces defeat the Italians at the Battle of Guadalajara.

  • Brenner Pass

    1940

    World War II: Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet at the Brenner Pass in the Alps and agree to form an alliance against France and the United Kingdom.

  • United States dollar

    1968

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

  • East German general election, 1990

    1990

    Germans in the German Democratic Republic vote in the first democratic elections in the former communist dictatorship.

  • Treaty on the Adoption of the Republic of Crimea to Russia

    2014

    The parliaments of Russia and Crimea sign an accession treaty.

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