Here are some historical events that occurred on March 18 in the United States:
1766: The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act, which had imposed a tax on printed materials in the American colonies.
1837: Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th President of the United States, is born in Caldwell, New Jersey.
1865: The Congress of Vienna, which redrew the map of Europe after the Napoleonic Wars, concludes.
1937: A gas explosion at a school in New London, Texas, kills 295 people, mostly children, making it one of the deadliest school disasters in U.S. history.
1962: France and the Algerian National Liberation Front sign the Evian Accords, which would lead to Algerian independence.
1965: The first spacewalk takes place as Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov spends 12 minutes outside his spacecraft.
1990: East Germany holds its first and only free elections, which would lead to the reunification of Germany later that year.
2005: Terri Schiavo's feeding tube is removed in Florida, sparking a national debate about end-of-life care and medical decision-making.
2014: A mudslide in Oso, Washington, kills 43 people and destroys dozens of homes.
These are just a few of the many historical events that have occurred on March 18 in the United States.
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