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 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.

 Here are some historical events that occurred on March 21 in the United States:

• 1685: Composer Johann Sebastian Bach is born in Eisenach, Germany.

• 1804: The French civil code, known as the Napoleonic Code, is adopted, influencing legal systems around the world.

• 1871: Journalist Henry Morton Stanley sets out on his famous expedition to find Dr. David Livingstone in Africa, uttering the famous phrase "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" upon finding him.

• 1918: German forces launch a major offensive on the Western Front during World War I, known as the Spring Offensive.

• 1965: Civil rights activists begin a four-day march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, to demand voting rights for African Americans.

• 1980: President Jimmy Carter announces a United States boycott of the Summer Olympics in Moscow to protest the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan.

• 1999: Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones complete the first non-stop balloon flight around the world, taking 19 days to cover 28,000 miles.

• 2006: The social media platform Twitter is launched, revolutionizing communication and information sharing.

• 2010: The Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, is signed into law by President Barack Obama, expanding access to health insurance for millions of Americans.

These are just a few of the many historical events that have occurred on March 21 in the United States.

 Here are some historical events that occurred on March 20 in the United States:

• 1727: Physicist and mathematician Sir Isaac Newton dies in London at the age of 84.

• 1815: Napoleon Bonaparte returns to Paris after escaping exile on the island of Elba, beginning the Hundred Days period before his final defeat at the Battle of Waterloo.

• 1852: Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is published, becoming a bestseller and sparking controversy over slavery.

• 1922: The Treaty of Moscow is signed, officially ending the Russo-Polish War of 1919-1920.

• 1965: The United States sends its first combat troops to Vietnam, marking a significant escalation of U.S. involvement in the conflict.

• 1985: Libby Riddles becomes the first woman to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, covering 1,135 miles from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska.

• 1995: The Aum Shinrikyo cult releases sarin gas in the Tokyo subway system, killing 13 people and injuring thousands.

• 2014: Russia annexes Crimea from Ukraine, leading to international condemnation and ongoing conflict in the region.

• 2020: The World Health Organization declares the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic, as the virus spreads rapidly across the globe.

These are just a few of the many historical events that have occurred on March 20 in the United States.