Timeline Friday 18 March 1938

Events on Friday 18 March 1938 2

• 1938 Bombing of Barcelona Italian aircraft bomb the city for three days Italian bombers based on Majorca attacked Barcelona repeatedly on behalf of the Nationalists and killed about a thousand civilians. The raids caused international outrage and were an early example of terror bombing of a city.
• 1938 Mexican oil expropriation Cárdenas nationalises foreign oil companies President Lázaro Cárdenas expropriated the assets of foreign oil companies operating in Mexico. The state company Pemex was created to run the industry. Mexico still marks the anniversary as a national day.