On this day: March 18

National days on this date

• Çanakkale Victory and Martyrs' DayCommemorates the 1915 naval victory at the Dardanelles and those who fell.

Events

1. 2020 COVID-19 pandemic in Kyrgyzstan viral pandemic in Kyrgyzstan

Births

1. 1909 Sobir Yunusov Uzbek chemist (1909-1995)
2. 1958 Aleksandr Kharlov Soviet hurdler
3. 1960 Andrey Alshan fencer

Deaths

1. 1929 Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi Uzbek screenwriter and poet (1889-1929)
2. 1979 Khan Shushinski Azerbaijani singer (1901-1979)
3. 2015 Oleg Sakirkin Kazakh and Soviet triple jumper