On March 18, 1877, President Rutherford B. Hayes appointed whom as the first black U.S. marshal for Washington, D.C.? Other notable events from this date in history: 1325 According to legend, Tenochtitlan is founded on this date on an island in what was then Lake Texcoco in the Valley of Mexico 1782 John C. Calhoun, U.S. vice president, born in Abbeville, S.C. 1834 1st railroad tunnel in US completed, in Pennsylvania 1858 Rudolf Diesel, inventor of diesel engine, born in Paris 1870 Lake Merritt in Oakland, California, becomes the first US National Wildlife Refuge 1881 Barnum & Bailey Circus, traveling as "The Greatest Show on Earth", debuts at Madison Square Garden in New York City following the merger of two existing circus groups 1882 Morgan Earp is assassinated by outlaws while playing billiards in Tombstone 1892 Lord Stanley presents silver challenge cup for hockey (Stanley Cup) 1931 1st electric shavers go on sale in US (Schick) 1940 Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler meet at Brenner Pass, where the Italian dictator agrees to join Germany's impending war effort in the west 1951 Ben Cohen, American co-founder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream, born in Brooklyn, New York 1959 US President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs Hawaii statehood bill 1963 Vanessa Williams, American singer, actress and 1st African American Miss America (1983), born in The Bronx, New York 1965 Pillsbury Dough Boy introduced 1965 Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov leaves his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes and becomes the first person to conduct a spacewalk 1977 The Clash release their first recording "White Riot" 1979 Adam Levine, American singer (Maroon 5) and television personality, born in Los Angeles, California 1995 Michael Jordan announces he is ending his 17 month NBA retirement 2018 Portuguese soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo records his 50th career hat-trick in Real Madrid's 6-3 win over Girona ** Edited by HokieMacDaddy at 3/18/2025, 10:21:57 AM