Historical Events on March 18

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Here are some historical events that took place on March 18:

1922 - Mohandas K. Gandhi was sentenced to six years in prison for civil disobedience in India.

1937 - The New London School explosion in Texas, USA, occurred, killing over 295 students and teachers. It remains one of the deadliest school disasters in American history.

1965 - Soviet astronaut Alexei Leonov becomes the first person to walk in space.

1968 - The U.S. Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency.

1974 - Oil embargo crisis: Most OPEC nations end a five-month oil embargo against the United States, Europe, and Japan.

1990 - Thieves steal 13 works of art worth $500 million from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts. This remains one of the largest art heists in history.

2003 - Nearly 200 people are killed in the bombing of the Mount Lebanon Hotel in Baghdad, Iraq.

2018 - The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, is re-elected for a fourth term with 77% of the vote.

These are just a few significant events that have occurred on March 18th throughout history.