March 18 marks significant historical events including the 1990 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist, the deadliest tornado in U.S. history in 1925, and Gandhi's imprisonment in 1922. The 1963 Supreme Court ruling mandated legal counsel for defendants without means, while the first spacewalk occurred in 1965. The 1942 executive order by Roosevelt led to the internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII. History also recalls a tragic 1937 school disaster. Notable figures born today include composer John Kander and actor Lil' Collins.
On March 18, 1990, two thieves posing as police officers subdued security guards at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston and stole 13 works of art worth over $500 million.
In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order that forced Japanese-Americans into internment camps during World War II, marking a significant and controversial wartime action.
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