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May 18
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'''
May 18''' the
138 (number) 138th day of the year in the
Gregorian Calendar (139th in leap years). There are 227 days remaining.
Events
*
1152 -
Henry II of England Henry II marries
Eleanor of Aquitaine
*
1268 - The
Principality of Antioch, a
crusader states crusader state, falls to the
Mamluk Sultan
Baibars in the
Capture of Antioch Battle of Antioch; Baibars' destruction of the city of
Antioch was so great as to permanently negate the city's importance.
*
1593 - Playwright
Thomas Kyd's accusations of
heresy lead to an arrest warrant for
Christopher Marlowe.
*
1631 - In
Dorchester, Massachusetts,
John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first
Governor of Massachusetts.
*
1652 -
Rhode Island passes the first law in
North America making
slavery illegal.
*
1765 - Fire destroys a large part of
Montreal,
Quebec.
*
1783 - First
United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown,
Saint John, New Brunswick Saint John,
New Brunswick,
Canada after leaving the United States.
*
1803 -
Napoleonic Wars: The
United Kingdom revokes the
Treaty of Amiens and declares war on
France.
*
1804 -
Napoleon I of France Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of
France by the French Senate.
*
1848 - Opening of the first German National Assembly (Nationalversammlung) in
Frankfurt,
Germany.
*
1863 -
American Civil War: The
Battle of Vicksburg Siege of Vicksburg begins, ending on
July 4.
*
1869 - Surrender and dissolution of the
Ezo Republic to
Japan.
*
1876 -
Wyatt Earp starts work in
Dodge City,
Kansas under Marshall Larry Deger.
*
1896 - The
United States Supreme Court rules in ''
Plessy v. Ferguson'' that
separate but equal is constitutional.
*
1900 - The
United Kingdom proclaims a
protectorate over
Tonga.
*
1910 - The
Earth passes through the tail of
Comet Halley.
*
1917 -
World War I: The
Selective Service Act passes the
Congress of the United States U.S. Congress giving the
President of the United States President the power of
conscription.
*
1926 - Evangelist
Aimee Semple McPherson disappears while visiting a
Venice, California, beach.
*
1927 - The
Bath School Disaster: Forty-five people are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in
Michigan.
*
1933 -
New Deal:
President of the United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signs an act creating the
Tennessee Valley Authority.
*
1944 -
World War II:
Battle of Monte Cassino - Germans evacuate
Monte Cassino and
Allies Allied forces take the stronghold after a struggle that claimed 20,000 lives.
* 1944 - Deportation of
Crimean Tatars by the
Soviet Union government.
*
1945 - World War II:
Schutzstaffel SS troops burn down six villages in the
Brkini hills in south western
Slovenia.
*
1948 - The First
Legislative Yuan of the
Republic of China officially convenes in
Nanking.
*
1953 -
Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the
sound barrier (she flew in a
F-86 Sabrejet at an average speed of 652.337 miles per hour (1049.835 km/h) at
Rogers Dry Lake,
California).
*
1958 - An
F-104 Starfighter sets a world speed record of 1,404.19 mph (2,259.82 km/h).
*
1959 - Launching of the
National Liberation Committee of Côte d'Ivoire in
Conakry,
Guinea.
*
1969 -
Apollo program:
Apollo 10 launches.
*
1974 -
Nuclear test: Under project
Smiling Buddha,
India successfully detonates its first
nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so.
* 1974 - Completion of the
Warsaw radio mast, the tallest construction ever built at the time. It later collapses on
August 8,
1991.
*
1980 -
1980 Mount St. Helens eruption:
Mount St. Helens erupts in
Washington, killing 57 people and causing $3 billion in damage.
* 1980 -
Gwangju Massacre: Students in
Gwangju,
South Korea begin demonstrations, calling for democratic reforms.
* 1980 -
Peru: Terrorist group
Shining Path attacked a voting poll in the town of Chuschi,
Ayacucho starting their activities.
*
1983 - In Ireland, scene of remarkable pirate radio broadcasting during the decade, the Government launched a crackdown, with the leading Dublin pirate
Radio Nova being put off the air.
*
1992 - The
Archivist of the United States issues a proclamation to officially announce that the
Twenty-seventh amendment to the United States Constitution 27th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution has been ratified, despite more than 200 years for completion of the ratification process by the
state legislatures.
*
1995 -
Alain Juppé becomes Prime Minister of
France.
*
1998 - ''
United States v. Microsoft:'' The
United States Department of Justice and 20
U.S. states file an
antitrust case against
Microsoft.
Births
*
1990 -
Saurabh Motwani, Indian (d.
1123)
*
1048 -
Omar Khayyám, Persian poet (d.
1123)
*
1186 -
Konstantin of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod (d.
1218)
*
1474 -
Isabella d'Este, Marquise of Mantua (d.
1539)
*
1610 -
Stefano della Bella, Italian printmaker (d.
1664)
*
1616 -
Johann Jakob Froberger, German composer (d.
1667)
*
1662 Old Style and New Style dates O.S. -
George Smalridge, English bishop of Bristol (d.
1719)
*
1692 Old Style and New Style dates O.S. -
Joseph Butler, English bishop and philosopher (d.
1752)
*
1711 -
Rudjer Boscovich Ruđer Josip Bošković, Croatian atomic theorist (d.
1787)
*
1778 -
Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry
*
1785 -
John Wilson, Scottish writer (d.
1854)
*
1797 -
Frederick Augustus II of Saxony (d.
1854)
*
1850 -
Oliver Heaviside, English physicist (d.
1925)
*
1872 - Lord
Bertrand Russell, English mathematician and philosopher, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Literature (d.
1970)
*
1883 -
Eurico Gaspar Dutra, President of Brazil (d.
1974)
*1883 -
Walter Gropius, German architect (d.
1969)
*
1889 -
Thomas Midgley, American chemist and inventor (d.
1944)
*
1891 -
Rudolf Carnap, German philosopher (d.
1970)
*
1892 -
Ezio Pinza, Italian-born bass (d.
1957)
*
1897 -
Frank Capra, American producer, director, and writer (d.
1991)
*
1901 -
Vincent du Vigneaud, American chemist,
Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize laureate (d.
1978)
*
1902 -
Meredith Willson, American composer (d.
1984)
*
1905 -
Hedley Verity, English cricketer (d.
1943)
*
1911 -
Big Joe Turner, American blues singer (d.
1985)
*
1912 -
Perry Como, American singer (d.
2001)
*1912 -
Walter Sisulu, South African anti-apartheid activist (d.
2003)
*
1918 -
George Welch, American pilot and war hero (d.
1954)
*
1919 - Dame
Margot Fonteyn, English ballet dancer (d.
1991)
*
1920 -
Pope John Paul II (d.
2005)
*1920 -
Lucia Mannucci, Italian singer (
Quartetto Cetra)
*
1922 -
Kai Winding, Danish-born musician (d.
1983)
*
1923 -
Hugh Shearer,
Prime Minister of Jamaica (d.
2004)
*
1924 -
Priscilla Pointer, American actress
*
1926 -
Dirch Passer, Danish actor (d.
1980)
*
1928 -
Pernell Roberts, American actor
*
1929 -
Jack Sanford, baseball player
*
1931 -
Don Martin, American cartoonist (d.
2000)
*1931 -
Robert Morse, American actor
*
1937 -
Brooks Robinson, baseball player
*1937 -
Jacques Santer, Luxembourg statesman
*
1942 -
Albert Hammond, British musician and composer
*
1943 -
James Reiher, American professional wrestler
*
1946 -
Reggie Jackson, baseball player
*1946 -
Andreas Katsulas, American actor (d.
2006)
*
1947 -
John Bruton, ninth
Taoiseach of the
Republic of Ireland
*
1949 -
Rick Wakeman, English composer and musician (
Yes (band) Yes)
*1949 -
Bill Wallace, Canadian musician (
The Guess Who)
*
1950 -
Thomas Gottschalk, German television show host
*1950 -
Rodney Milburn, American athlete (d.
1997)
*1950 -
Mark Mothersbaugh, American composer, musician, and singer (
Devo)
*
1952 -
George Strait, American musician
*
1955 -
Chow Yun-Fat, Hong Kong actor
*
1957 -
Michael Cretu, German musician (
Enigma (musical project) Enigma)
*
1959 -
Jay Wells, Canadian ice hockey player
*
1960 -
Jari Kurri, Finnish hockey player
*1960 -
Yannick Noah, French tennis player
*
1969 -
Martika, Cuban-American singer
*
1970 -
Tina Fey, American writer, comedian, and actress (
Saturday Night Live)
*
1971 -
Brad Friedel, American football player
*
1975 -
John Higgins, Scottish snooker player
*1975 -
Jack Johnson (musician) Jack Johnson, American musician
*1975 -
Peter Iwers, Swedish bass player (
In Flames)
*
1976 -
Oleg Tverdovsky, Ukrainian ice hockey player
*
1977 -
Lee Hendrie, English footballer (
Aston Villa F.C.)
*1977 -
Danny Mills, English footballer
*
1978 -
Ricardo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer
*1978 -
Ciarán Toland, Northern Irish activist
*
1982 -
Eric West, American singer and actor
*
1983 -
Vince Young, American football player (
Texas Longhorns)
Deaths
*
1450 -
Sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b.
1397)
*
1550 -
John, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (b.
1498)
*
1584 -
Ikeda Motosuke, Japanese samurai commander (b.
1559)
*
1675 -
Stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (b.
1623)
* 1675 -
Jacques Marquette, French Jesuit missionary and explorer (b.
1637)
*
1692 -
Elias Ashmole, English antiquarian (b.
1617)
*
1733 -
Georg Böhm, German organist (b.
1761)
*
1780 -
Charles Hardy, British governor of Newfoundland
*
1799 -
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, French playwright (b.
1732)
*
1800 -
Alexander Suvorov, Russian general (b.
1729)
*
1807 -
John Douglas, Scottish Anglican bishop and man of letters (b.
1721)
*
1808 -
Elijah Craig, American minister and inventor (b.
1738?)
*
1900 -
Jean Gaspard Felix Ravaisson-Mollien, French philosopher (b.
1813)
*
1909 -
George Meredith, English novelist and poet (b.
1828)
* 1909 -
Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer (b.
1860)
*
1910 -
Pauline Garcia-Viardot, French mezzo-soprano and composer (b.
1821)
*
1911 -
Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer (b.
1860)
*
1922 -
Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b.
1845)
*
1941 -
Werner Sombart, German economist and sociologist (b.
1863)
*
1956 -
Maurice Tate, English cricketer (b.
1895)
*
1973 -
Jeannette Rankin, first U.S. Congresswoman (b.
1880)
*
1975 -
Leroy Anderson, American composer (b.
1908)
*
1980 -
Ian Curtis, British musician, singer and lyricist (
Joy Division) (b.
1956)
*
1981 -
William Saroyan, American author (b.
1908)
*
1988 -
Daws Butler, American voice actor (b.
1916)
*
1995 -
Elisha Cook Jr., American actor (b.
1903)
* 1995 -
Alexander Godunov, Russian ballet dancer and actor (b.
1949)
* 1995 -
Elizabeth Montgomery, American actress (b.
1933)
*
1999 -
Augustus Pablo, Jamaican singer (b.
1954)
* 1999 -
Betty Robinson, American runner (b.
1911)
*
2000 -
Stephen M. Wolownik, Russian musician and arranger (b.
1946)
*
2003 -
Anna Santisteban, Puerto Rican beauty contest organizer (b.
1914)
* 2003 -
Barb Tarbox, Canadian anti-smoking crusader (b.
1961)
*
2004 -
Elvin Jones, American jazz drummer (b.
1927)
Holidays and Observances
*
Feast day of the following
saints in the
Roman Catholic Church:
**
Eric IX of Sweden Saint Eric of Sweden
**
Dioscorus
**
St. Felix of Cantalice Felix of Cantalice
**
Pope John I
External links
-
BBC: On This Day
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April 18 -
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