TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 2014

Today is Tuesday, March 18, the 77th day of 2014. There are 288 days left in the year.

1871 ― Communards revolt in Paris France

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

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

1930 ― Pluto discovered by Clyde Tombaugh (U.S.)

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

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

1949 ― NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) ratified

1952 ― Communist offensive in Korea

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

1995 ― Michael Jordan announces he is ending his 17-month NBA retirement