Event:
David Melville, Newport, Rhode Island, patents apparatus for making coal gas
More Notable Events on March 18:
1995 Michael Jordan announces he is ending his 17 month NBA retirement
1977 U.S. restricts citizens from visiting Cuba, Vietnam, North Korea and Cambodia
1961 Poppin' Fresh Pillsbury Dough Boy introduced
1949 NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, treaty ratified
1766 Britain repeals the Stamp Act
