On This Very Day
March 18th
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- 1834
First US railroad tunnel completed in Pennsylvania.
- 1881
Barnum & Bailey Circus debuts as 'The Greatest Show on Earth' in NYC.
- 1937
Gas explosion in New London, Texas school kills 294.
- 1965
Pillsbury Dough Boy, Poppin' Fresh, introduced.
- 1968
US Congress repeals gold reserve requirement.
- 1990
Largest art heist in US: 13 artworks stolen from Gardner Museum, Boston.
- 1995
Michael Jordan ends 17-month NBA retirement. View Post →
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- 2005
'The Suite Life of Zack & Cody' premieres on Disney Channel.
- 2019
'Historic to catastrophic flooding' hits the Midwest, says National Weather Service.
- 1971
Tsunami from rock avalanche into Lake Yanahuani, Peru kills hundreds.
- 1965
Aleksei Leonov conducts first spacewalk.
- 1892
Lord Stanley pledges a cup for Canada's best hockey team: the Stanley Cup. View Post →
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- 1673
Lord Berkley sells half of New Jersey to the Quakers.
- 1911
Theodore Roosevelt opens Roosevelt Dam, the largest in the US then.
- 1852
Wells Fargo founded, starting shipping and banking operations.
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