Lula da Silva - Cesare Battisti
Time: Sunday Mar 18, 2007
Place: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Details: When wanted Italian terrorist Cesare Battisti was arrested in Rio de Janeiro on 18 March 2007 by Brazilian and French police officers, Brazilian Minister of Justice Tarso Genro granted him status as a political refugee, a controversial decision which divided Italy and the Brazilian and international press.
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On This Day - 18 March
George Washington-9,000 British troops and Loyalists began a chaotic ten-day evacuation of Boston
Monday Mar 18, 1776 - Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Unification of Italy-Tensions increased until the Milanese and Venetians rose in revolt
Saturday Mar 18, 1848 - Milan, Italy
German revolutions of 1848–1849-A large demonstration occurred in Germany
Saturday Mar 18, 1848 - Central Europe (Present-Day Germany)
Carter G. Woodson-Woodson wrote to Grimké's comments about his proposals
Thursday Mar 18, 1915 - U.S.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi-The Imprisonment
Saturday Mar 18, 1922 - India
Anna May Wong-Wong was cast in a supporting role in The Thief of Bagdad
Tuesday Mar 18, 1924 - U.S.
Disasters with highest death tolls-The Tri-State Tornado
Wednesday Mar 18, 1925 - (Missouri–Illinois–Indiana), U.S.
Alan Turing-Installing the first Bombe
Monday Mar 18, 1940 - Bletchley, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Vietnam War-Cambodian coup of 1970
Wednesday Mar 18, 1970 - Cambodia
Igor Stravinsky-Stravinsky was taken to the Hospital
Thursday Mar 18, 1971 - New York, U.S.
1973 oil crisis-All except Libya
Monday Mar 18, 1974 - Vienna, Austria
Iran–Iraq War-Operation al-Fawz al-'Azim (Supreme Success)
Thursday Mar 18, 1982 - Iran
Bosnian War-The Lisbon Agreement
Wednesday Mar 18, 1992 - Lisbon, Portugal
Michael Jordan-Back to NBA
Saturday Mar 18, 1995 - U.S.
Kosovo War-Rambouillet Accords
Thursday Mar 18, 1999 - Château de Rambouillet, France
Mamie Till-Gene Mobley died
Saturday Mar 18, 2000 - Chicago, Illinois, United States
Visa Inc.-Visa sold 406 million shares at US$44 per share ($2 above the high end of the expected $37–42 pricing range), raising US$17.9 billion in the largest initial public offering in U.S. history
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Sony Corporation-The PlayStation VR announcement
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Java (programming language)-Java SE 8
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