On March 18, 1965, a pivotal moment in the annals of space exploration unfolded when Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov executed the world’s first spacewalk, or "extravehicular activity," in the vicinity of Earth.

On March 18, 1963, the U.

On March 18, 1962, France and the leaders of the Front de Liberation Nationale (FLN) sign a peace agreement to end the seven-year Algerian War, signaling the end of 130 years of colonial French rule in Algeria.

On this day in 1933, American automaker Studebaker, then heavily in debt, goes into receivership.

The worst tornado in U.

Gandhi Sentenced to Imprisonment for Civil Disobedience: A Landmark Moment in India's Struggle for Independence In 1922, the Indian independence movement reached a pivotal moment as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the emblematic leader of civil disobedience, was sentenced to six years in prison by the British colonial government.

On March 18, 1911, composer Irving Berlin copyrights “Alexander’s Ragtime Band,” the multimillion-selling smash hit that helped turn American popular music into a major international phenomenon, both culturally and economically.

After four months of widespread protest in America, the British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act, a taxation measure enacted to raise revenues for a standing British army in America.

In 1766, a significant chapter in American colonial history concluded with the British Parliament's repeal of the Stamp Act of 1765, a legislative decision that reverberated throughout the Thirteen Colonies and altered the trajectory of colonial relations with Britain.

It was an idea probably two centuries years ahead of its time, but public buses first took to the streets of Paris on this day in history.