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