March 18, 1913:
the military organization Ukrayinski sichovi striltsi (Ukrainian Sharpshooters) is founded in Lviv.
March 18, 1965:
Soviet cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov made the first human space walk, from the Voskhod-2 spacecraft.
March 19, 1697:
Russia dispatches a plenipotentiary diplomatic mission to Europe. Peter I is among the envoys under the name of Peter Mikhailov.
March 19, 1898:
the Russian Museum of Emperor Alexander III is ceremoniously opened in St. Petersburg (currently the State Russian Museum).
March 20, 1895:
the first issue of the Public Voice journal edited by Ivan Franko comes off the presses.
March 20, 1917:
Mykhailo Hrushevsky is elected Chairman of the Central Rada.
March 21, 1927:
the first Ukrainian language issue of The Literary Gazette comes off the presses in Kyiv.
March 21, 1982:
President Ronald Reagan signs a Proclamation of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group Day, America's first presidential act relating exclusively to Ukraine.
March 22, 1919:
Soviet rule is established in Transcarpathia.
March 22, 1994:
the banknote factory of the National Bank of Ukraine is opened in Kyiv.
March 23, 1944:
the Central Botanical Gardens of the Ukr. SSR Academy of Sciences opens in Kyiv.
March 24, 1935:
Taras Shevchenko statue is unveiled in Kharkiv.
March 24, 1992:
25 NATO and former Warsaw Pact countries sign the Open Skies Treaty in Helsinki.






