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18 March in history: First monoplane invented, first person to make spacewalk and more

1906
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1906

First monoplane is invented by Trajan Vuia, makes 12-metre flight

1922
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1922

Colonial court sentences MK Gandhi 6 years of prison for sedition.

1965
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1965

USSR's Alexey Leonov becomes first to make spacewalk.

1967
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1967

Supertanker Torrey Canyon spills 100,000 tons crude oil off UK coast.

2000
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2000

Taiwan elects new president ending 55-year Nationalist Party rule.