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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/1892" title="1892">1892</a> – Canadian governor general <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Stanley,_16th_Earl_of_Derby" title="Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby">Lord Stanley of Preston</a> pledged to donate an award to Canada's top-ranked amateur <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_hockey" title="Ice hockey">ice hockey</a> club, now known as the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Cup" title="Stanley Cup">Stanley Cup</a></b>, the oldest professional sports trophy in North America.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1921" title="1921">1921</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Civil_War" title="Russian Civil War">Russian Civil War</a>: Bolshevik forces suppressed <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kronstadt_rebellion" title="Kronstadt rebellion">a rebellion of sailors and civilians</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kronstadt" title="Kronstadt">Kronstadt</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965" title="1965">1965</a> – Cosmonaut <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexei_Leonov" title="Alexei Leonov">Alexei Leonov</a></b> ventured outside the Soviet spacecraft <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voskhod_2" title="Voskhod 2">Voskhod 2</a>, becoming the first person to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extravehicular_activity" title="Extravehicular activity">walk in space</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985" title="1985">1985</a> – The first episode of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soap_opera" title="Soap opera">soap opera</a> <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighbours" title="Neighbours">Neighbours</a></b></i> was broadcast on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Network" title="Seven Network">Seven Network</a>, later becoming the longest-running drama in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_in_Australia" title="Television in Australia">Australian television history</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990" title="1990">1990</a> – Unidentified thieves <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Stewart_Gardner_Museum_theft" title="Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum theft">stole thirteen works of art</a></b> collectively valued at $500 million from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Stewart_Gardner_Museum" title="Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum">Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum</a> in Boston, Massachusetts.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_III_Cs%C3%A1k" title="Matthew III Csák">Matthew III Csák</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1321); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Elliott" title="Charlotte Elliott">Charlotte Elliott</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1789); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._W._de_Klerk" title="F. W. de Klerk">F. W. de Klerk</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1936)</p>
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