On this day ( 18. March )

Day 1,945, 00:40 • Published in Japan Japan • by Imre Bertalan

1834: The first railroad tunnel in the U.S. was completed. The work was in Pennsylvania.

1850: Henry Wells & William Fargo founded American Express.

1858: Rudolf Diesel was born.

1891: Britain became linked to the continent of Europe by telephone.

1900: Ajax (Amsterdam Football Club) was formed.

1920: Greece adopted the Gregorian calendar.

1931: Schick Inc. displayed the first electric shaver.

1945: 1,250 U.S. bombers attacked Berlin.

1963: Vanessa Williams was born.

1965: Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov became the first man to spacewalk when he left the Voskhod II space capsule while in orbit around the Earth. He was outside the spacecraft for about 20 minutes.

1990: Thirteen paintings were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. The value was $100 million making it the largest art robbery in history.

1990: The first free elections took place in East Germany.