Mar 18, 1990
General elections were held in East Germany. It was the only free and fair parliamentary election in the history of the country.
Today is World Sleep Day.
The slogan for 2022 is:
Quality Sleep, Sound Mind, Happy World.
Official website - https://worldsleepday.org/
Today is a big day in India – Holi （侯麗節、落紅節、歡悅節、五彩節、胡里節、荷麗節、好利節、霍利節、色彩節）.
The two-day festival is a pleasant way of welcoming spring –the Indian Spring Festival.
Holi means the festival of colors in Hindi.
Mar 18, 1996
Odysseas Elytis, Greek poet and translator, Nobel Prize laureate in Literature (1979), died at age 84.