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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_18" title="March 18">March 18</a></b>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_of_saints" title="Calendar of saints">Feast day</a> of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyril_of_Jerusalem" title="Cyril of Jerusalem">Saint Cyril of Jerusalem</a></b> (Christianity)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/363" title="363">363</a> – A fire began in Rome that resulted in the destruction of the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Apollo_Palatinus" title="Temple of Apollo Palatinus">Temple of Apollo Palatinus</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1277" title="1277">1277</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_I_of_Anjou" title="Charles I of Anjou">Charles I of Anjou</a></b> acquired a claim on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Jerusalem" title="Kingdom of Jerusalem">Kingdom of Jerusalem</a> in exchange for a significant sum of money.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906" title="1906">1906</a> – Romanian inventor <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traian_Vuia" title="Traian Vuia">Traian Vuia</a></b> became the first person to fly a heavier-than-air <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoplane" title="Monoplane">monoplane</a> with an unassisted takeoff.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1959" title="1959">1959</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1959_Tibetan_uprising" title="1959 Tibetan uprising">Tibetan uprising</a>: After the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Dalai_Lama" title="14th Dalai Lama">14th Dalai Lama</a> sought refuge at <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sera_Monastery" title="Sera Monastery">Sera Monastery</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lhasa" title="Lhasa">Lhasa</a>, Tibet, Chinese forces bombarded the monastery, inflicting severe destruction and killing hundreds of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhikkhu" title="Bhikkhu">Buddhist monks</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977" title="1977">1977</a> – The punk group <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clash" title="The Clash">the Clash</a> released their first single, "<b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Riot" title="White Riot">White Riot</a></b>", described as their "most controversial song" due to its lyrics about class economics and race.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019" title="2019">2019</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_civil_war" title="Syrian civil war">Syrian civil war</a>: The U.S. Air Force <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_U.S._airstrike_in_Baghuz" title="2019 U.S. airstrike in Baghuz">carried out an airstrike</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Baghuz_Fawqani" title="Al-Baghuz Fawqani">al-Baghuz Fawqani</a>, killing 64 civilians.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_the_Martyr" title="Edward the Martyr">Edward the Martyr</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 978); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clem_Hill" title="Clem Hill">Clem Hill</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1877); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Papalia" title="Johnny Papalia">Johnny Papalia</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1924); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wali_Mohammad_Itoo" title="Wali Mohammad Itoo">Wali Mohammad Itoo</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1994)</p>
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