Monday 18 March 2013

On This Day-18th March

On This Day-18th March


1793- Germany: The first republican state in Germany, the Republic of Mainz, is declared by Andreas Joseph Hofmann.

1850- Americans Express: 


American Express is founded by Henry Wells and William Fargo.
1990- Art Theft: The largest art theft in us history, 12 paintings, collectively worth $300 million were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts.

1989- Mummy: In Egypt a 4,400 year old mummy is found nearby the Pyramid of Cheops

1969- Vietnam War: Vietnam War: The United States began secretly bombing the Sihanouk Trail in Cambodia to infiltrate South Vietnam.



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