In 1858, Rudolf Diesel, the German inventor was born.

In 1891, the first telephone link between Paris and London was established.

In 1978, a court in Lahore sentenced to death Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Pakistan's former Prime Minister.

From the Telegraph & Argus of March 18th, 1978...

Bradford's Silver Blades Ice Rink will stay open for at least another year - but its long-term future is still uncertain. West Yorkshire county councillors yesterday agreed to pay the final £13,000 of a £39,000 grant promised over three years by the former Labour - controlled authority in 1976. Bradford District Council had earlier withdrawn its financial support.

From the Telegraph & Argus of March 18th, 1953...

Sunday is Halifax's smallpox danger day. The town's Medical Officer of Health, Dr C. F. G. Roe, explained: "If anyone in the town has contracted smallpox the symptoms will show on Sunday - the end of the incubation period." Today comes the news that a "don't go home warning" has been issued to the entire nursing staff of 500 at Halifax General Hospital.