WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 2020

1438-Albrecht II von Habsburg becomes king of Germany

1810-"Converse", first U.S. opera, premieres in New York

1835-Charles Darwin departs Santiago, Chile, on his way to Portillo Pass

1871-Communards revolt in Paris, France

1891-Britain linked to the continent by telephone

1899-Phoebe, a moon of Saturn, discovered by Pickering

1915-French battleship Bouvet explodes, 640 killed

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

1922-British magistrates in India sentence Mohandas K. Gandhi to 6 years for disobedience

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

1940-Mussolini joins Hitler in Germany's war against France, Britain

1944-Nazi Germany occupies Hungary

1952-Communist offensive in Korea

1959-U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs Hawaii statehood bill