History of 18 March
- 1990 – The first free elections took place in East Germany.
- 1990 – The 32-day lockout of baseball players ended.
- 1990 – In Tampa, FL, a little league player was killed after being hit with a pitch.
- 1992 – Leona Hemsly was sentenced to 4 years in prison for tax evasion.
- 1992 – White South Africans voted for constitutional reforms that would give legal equality to blacks.
- 1994 – Zsa Zsa Gabor filed for bankruptcy.
- 1997 – A Russian AN-24 crashed killing 50 people.
- 2003 – China’s new president, Hu Jintao, announced that his country must deepen reforms and raise living standards of workers and farmers.
- 2014 – The parliaments of Russia and Crimea sign an accession treaty.
- 2015 – The Bardo National Museum in Tunisia is attacked by gunmen. 23 people, almost all tourists, are killed, and at least 50 other people are wounded.
Celebrating Birthday Today
- 1980 – Sébastien Frey, French footballer
- 1980 – Sophia Myles, English actress
- 1980 – Alexei Yagudin, Russian figure skater
- 1981 – Tora Berger, Norwegian biathlete
- 1981 – Fabian Cancellara, Swiss cyclist
- 1981 – Leslie Djhone, French sprinter
- 1981 – Jang Na-ra, South Korean singer and actress
- 1981 – Kasib Powell, American basketball player
- 1981 – Tom Starke, German footballer
- 1981 – Doug Warren, American soccer player
- 1981 – Lovro Zovko, Croatian tennis player
- 1982 – Mantorras, Angolan footballer
- 1982 – Chad Cordero, American baseball player
- 1982 – Timo Glock, German race car driver
- 1982 – Adam Pally, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1983 – Ethan Carter III, American wrestler
- 1983 – Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro, French tennis player
- 1983 – Andy Sonnanstine, American baseball player
- 1983 – Tomasz Stolpa, Polish footballer
- 1984 – Simone Padoin, Italian footballer
- 1984 – Rajeev Ram, American tennis player
- 1984 – Vonzell Solomon, American singer and actress
- 1985 – Ana Beatriz, Brazilian race car driver
- 1985 – Marvin Humes, English singer
- 1985 – Vince Lia, Australian footballer
- 1986 – Lykke Li, Swedish singer-songwriter
- 1986 – Abdennour Chérif El-Ouazzani, Algerian footballer
- 1987 – Rebecca Soni, American swimmer
- 1989 – Francesco Checcucci, Italian footballer
- 1989 – Lily Collins, English-American actress
- 1989 – Shreevats Goswami, Indian cricketer
- 1989 – Kana Nishino, Japanese singer-songwriter
- 1989 – Paul Marc Rousseau, Canadian guitarist and producer
- 1989 – Ming Xi, Chinese model
- 1991 – Dylan Mattingly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1991 – Sam Williams, Australian rugby league player
- 1992 – Ryan Truex, American race car driver
- 1992 – Takuya Terada, Japanese singer, actor, and model
- 1997 – Ciara Bravo, American actress
- 1997 – Rieko Ioane, New Zealand rugby union player