FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 2011

Today is Friday, March 18, the 77th day of 2011. There are 288 days left in the year.

1532 ― English parliament bans payments by English church to Rome

1865 ― Congress of Confederate States of American adjourns for last time

1902 ― Enrico Caruso becomes first well-known performer to make a record

1921 ― Steamer ``Hong Kong" runs aground off Swatow China killing 1,000

1922 ― British magistrates in India sentence Mohandas K. Gandhi to six years for disobedience

1931 ― First electric shavers go on sale in U.S. (Schick)

1940 ― Mussolini joins Hitler in Germany's war against France and Britain

1945 ― 1,250 U.S. bombers attacks Berlin

1952 ― Communist offensive in Korea

1977 ― U.S. restricts citizens from visiting Cuba, Vietnam, North Korea and Cambodia