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A bit of March 18th…
37 - Roman Senate annuls Tiberius’ will and proclaims Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (aka Caligula) emperor
1870 - 1st US National Wildlife Preserve - Lake Meritt in California
1881 - Barnum and Bailey Circus, travelling as “The Greatest Show on Earth” debuts in NYC, would las 146 years before closing in 2017
1942 - US President FDR signs executive order 9102, creating the War Relocation Authority, which was charged with overseeing the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII (pictured)
1965 - Poppin Fresh Pillsbury Doughboy introduced
1990 - Largest art robbery in US history: 13 works worth over $500 million are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston
2014 - Russia formally Annexes Crimea, previously part of Ukraine, by signing Treaty of Accession
Today in History: March 18th