Hawaii Admission Act

March 18 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

1. 1959Hawaii Admission Act
2. 1990Art theft
3. 1994Bosnia and Herzegovina
4. 1996Ozone Disco fire
5. 1997Antonov An-24
6. 2005Court order
7. 2014Crimea
8. 2015Bardo National Museum (Tunis)
9. 2015Bardo National Museum attack
10. 2019Syrian civil war
11. 2025March 2025 Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip

Also in 1959

• September 13Luna 2The Soviet spacecraft Luna 2 (model pictured) struck the Moon, the first spacecraft to reach another celestial body.
• September 15Nikita KhrushchevNikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States.
• June 14Disneyland MonorailDisneyland Monorail System, the first daily operating monorail system in the Western Hemisphere, opens to the public in Anaheim, California.
• August 17Miles DavisAmerican musician Miles Davis released Kind of Blue, which became one of the best-selling and most critically acclaimed jazz recordings o…
• November 21Disc jockeyAmerican disc jockey Alan Freed (pictured), who popularized the term rock and roll, was fired from WABC-AM for his role in the payola sca…
• November 16The Sound of MusicThe Sound of Music, a musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein based on The Story of the Trapp Family Singers, opened on Broadway at the Lunt-F…
• November 16National Airlines Flight 967National Airlines Flight 967 explodes in mid-air over the Gulf of Mexico, killing all 42 aboard.
• March 31Dalai Lama's escape from ChinaAfter a two-week escape journey from Tibet, the 14th Dalai Lama reached the Tawang Monastery in Arunachal Pradesh in India.

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Sources

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