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What happend on 18. May in History
In our data base we found 338 events happened on 18. May:
• 332: Constantine the Great announced free distributions of food to the citizens in Constantinople. [category: Events]
• 526: Pope John I [category: Deaths]
• 1048: Omar Khayyám, Persian mathematician, poet, and philosopher (d. 1131) [category: Births]
• 1152: Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. [category: Events]
• 1186: Konstantin of Rostov (d. 1218) [category: Births]
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• 1268: The Principality of Antioch, a crusader state, falls to the Mamluk Sultan Baibars in the Battle of Antioch. [category: Events]
• 1302: Bruges Matins, the nocturnal massacre of the French garrison in Bruges by members of the local Flemish militia. [category: Events]
• 1401: Władysław II of Opole (b. 1332) [category: Deaths]
• 1474: Isabella d'Este, Marquise of Mantua (d. 1539) [category: Births]
• 1498: Vasco da Gama reaches the port of Calicut, India. [category: Events]
• 1499: Alonso de Ojeda sets sail from Cadiz on his voyage to what is now Venezuela. [category: Events]
• 1550: Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine, French cardinal (b. 1498) [category: Deaths]
• 1551: Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Italian painter (b. 1486) [category: Deaths]
• 1565: The Siege of Malta begins, in which Ottoman forces attempt and fail to conquer Malta. [category: Events]
• 1584: Ikeda Motosuke, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1559) [category: Deaths]
• 1593: Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe. [category: Events]
• 1610: Stefano della Bella, Italian printmaker (d. 1664) [category: Births]
• 1616: Johann Jakob Froberger, German composer (d. 1667) [category: Births]
• 1631: In Dorchester, Massachusetts, John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts. [category: Events]
• 1652: Rhode Island passes the first law in English-speaking North America making slavery illegal. [category: Events]
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• 1662: George Smalridge, English bishop (d. 1719) [category: Births]
• 1675: Jacques Marquette, French missionary and explorer (b. 1637) [category: Deaths]
• 1675: Stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish theologist (b. 1623) [category: Deaths]
• 1692: Joseph Butler, English bishop and philosopher (d. 1752) [category: Births]
• 1692: Elias Ashmole, English antiquarian (b. 1617) [category: Deaths]
• 1711: Ruđer Bošković, Croatian theorist (d. 1787) [category: Births]
• 1733: Georg Böhm, German organist (b. 1761) [category: Deaths]
• 1756: The Seven Years' War begins when Great Britain declares war on France. [category: Events]
• 1763: Fire destroys a large part of Montreal, Quebec. [category: Events]
• 1777: John George Children, English chemist, mineralogist, and zoologist (d. 1852) [category: Births]
• 1778: Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry (d. 1854) [category: Births]
• 1780: Charles Hardy, English navy officer and governor (b. 1714) [category: Deaths]
• 1781: Túpac Amaru II, Peruvian Indian revolutionary (b. 1742) [category: Deaths]
• 1783: First United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown (later called Saint John), New Brunswick, Canada after leaving the United States. [category: Events]
• 1785: John Wilson, Scottish writer (d. 1854) [category: Births]
• 1795: Robert Rogers, French soldier (b. 1731) [category: Deaths]
• 1797: Frederick Augustus II of Saxony (d. 1854) [category: Births]
• 1799: Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, French playwright (b. 1732) [category: Deaths]
• 1800: Alexander Suvorov, Russian general (b. 1729) [category: Deaths]
• 1803: Napoleonic Wars: The United Kingdom revokes the Treaty of Amiens and declares war on France. [category: Events]
• 1804: Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of the French by the French Senate. [category: Events]
• 1807: John Douglas, Scottish bishop (b. 1721) [category: Deaths]
• 1808: Elijah Craig, American minister, inventor, and educator, invented Bourbon whiskey (b. 1738/1743) [category: Deaths]
• 1811: Battle of Las Piedras: The first great military triumph of the revolution of the Río de la Plata in Uruguay led by Jose Artigas. [category: Events]
• 1812: John Bellingham is found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging for the assassination of British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval. [category: Events]
• 1822: Mathew Brady, American photographer (d. 1896) [category: Births]
• 1829: Maria Josepha of Saxony (b. 1803) [category: Deaths]
• 1843: The Disruption in Edinburgh of the Free Church of Scotland from the Church of Scotland. [category: Events]
• 1844: Richard McCarty, American politician (b. 1780) [category: Deaths]
• 1848: Opening of the first German National Assembly (Nationalversammlung) in Frankfurt, Germany. [category: Events]
• 1850: Oliver Heaviside, English physicist (d. 1925) [category: Births]
• 1851: James Budd, Governor of California (d. 1908) [category: Births]
• 1852: Gertrude Käsebier, American photographer (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1853: Lionel Kieseritzky, Baltic German chess player (b. 1806) [category: Deaths]
• 1854: Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer and music teacher (d. 1924) [category: Births]
• 1855: Francis Bellamy, American author, editor, and Baptist minister (d. 1931) [category: Births]
• 1860: Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination over William H. Seward, who later becomes the United States Secretary of State. [category: Events]
• 1862: Josephus Daniels, American publisher, editor, and United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1863: American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg begins. [category: Events]
• 1868: Nicholas II of Russia (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1872: Bertrand Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, English mathematician, writer, and philosopher, Nobel laureate (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1873: Lucy Beaumont, English actress (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1876: Hermann Müller, German politician, 12th Chancellor of Germany (d. 1931) [category: Births]
• 1878: Johannes Terwogt, Dutch rower (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1882: Babe Adams, American baseball player (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1882: Mohammad Mosaddegh, Prime Minister of Iran (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1883: Eurico Gaspar Dutra, Brazilian marshal and politician, 16th President of Brazil (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1883: Walter Gropius, German architect, founded the Bauhaus school (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1887: Jeanie MacPherson, American actress and screenwriter (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1889: Thomas Midgley, Jr., American engineer and chemist (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1889: Isabella Glyn, Scottish actress (b. 1823) [category: Deaths]
• 1891: Rudolf Carnap, German philosopher (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1892: Ezio Pinza, Italian bass (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1895: Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan revolutionary (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1896: Khodynka Tragedy: A mass panic on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II results in the deaths of 1,389 people. [category: Events]
• 1896: The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that the "separate but equal" doctrine is constitutional. [category: Events]
• 1897: Frank Capra, American producer, director, and writer (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1900: Jean Gaspard Felix Ravaisson-Mollien, French philosopher (b. 1813) [category: Deaths]
• 1900: The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga. [category: Events]
• 1901: Vincent du Vigneaud, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1902: Meredith Willson, American composer (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1904: Jacob K. Javits, American politician (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1904: Shunryu Suzuki, Japanese and American Zen Buddhist spiritual teacher (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1905: Hedley Verity, English cricketer (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1907: Carl Mydans, American photographer (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1907: Lincoln Stedman, American actor (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1908: Louis-Napoléon Casault, French-Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1823) [category: Deaths]
• 1909: Fred Perry, English tennis player (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1909: George Meredith, English novelist and poet (b. 1828) [category: Deaths]
• 1909: Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1860) [category: Deaths]
• 1910: Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish novelist (b. 1841) [category: Deaths]
• 1910: Pauline Viardot, French soprano and composer (b. 1821) [category: Deaths]
• 1910: The Earth passes through the tail of Comet Halley. [category: Events]
• 1911: Big Joe Turner, American singer (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1911: Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer (b. 1860) [category: Deaths]
• 1912: Perry Como, American singer and actor (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1912: Richard Brooks, American director, writer, and producer (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1912: Walter Sisulu, South African activist and politician (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1912: The first Indian film, Shree Pundalik by Dadasaheb Torne is released in Mumbai. [category: Events]
• 1913: Charles Trenet, French singer-songwriter (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1913: Jane Birdwood, Baroness Birdwood, Canadian-English politician, activist, and publisher, wife of Christopher Birdwood, 2nd Baron Birdwood (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1913: Mary Howard de Liagre, American actress (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1914: Pierre Balmain, French fashion designer (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1914: Robert J. Wilke, American actor (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1917: World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription. [category: Events]
• 1918: Massimo Girotti, Italian actor (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1919: Dame Margot Fonteyn, English ballet dancer (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1920: Lucia Mannucci, Italian singer and actress (Quartetto Cetra) [category: Births]
• 1920: Pope John Paul II (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1922: Bill Macy, American actor [category: Births]
• 1922: Gerda Boyesen, Norwegian psychotherapist (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1922: Kai Winding, Danish-American trombonist and composer (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1922: Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1845) [category: Deaths]
• 1923: Hugh Shearer, Jamaican politician, Prime Minister of Jamaica (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1923: Jean-Louis Roux, French-Canadian actor and director [category: Births]
• 1924: Jack Whitaker, American sportscaster [category: Births]
• 1924: Priscilla Pointer, American actress [category: Births]
• 1926: Dirch Passer, Danish actor (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1926: Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears while visiting a Venice, California beach. [category: Events]
• 1927: Andrew Kehoe, American educator and murderer, perpetrator of the Bath School Disaster (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1927: After being founded for 20 years, the Government of the Republic of China approves Tongji University to be among the first national universities of the Republic of China. [category: Events]
• 1927: The Bath School Disaster: forty-five people are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in Michigan. [category: Events]
• 1928: Pernell Roberts, American actor (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1929: Jack Sanford, American baseball player (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1930: Warren Rudman, American politician (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1931: Clément Vincent, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1931: Don Martin, American cartoonist (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1931: Robert Morse, American actor [category: Births]
• 1933: Bernadette Chirac, French politician [category: Births]
• 1933: Don Whillans, English mountaineer (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1933: New Deal: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an act creating the Tennessee Valley Authority. [category: Events]
• 1934: Dwayne Hickman, American actor and television executive [category: Births]
• 1936: Rita Cadillac, French dancer, singer, and actress (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1937: Brooks Robinson, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1937: Jacques Santer, Luxembourg statesman [category: Births]
• 1938: Joan Blackman, American actress [category: Births]
• 1939: Giovanni Falcone, Italian magistrate and Mafia victim (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1939: Gordon O'Connor, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1940: Eddy Palchak, Canadian ice hockey trainer and equipment manager (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1940: Erico B. Aumentado, Filipino journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1941: Gino Brito, Canadian wrestler [category: Births]
• 1941: Lobby Loyde, Australian guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs, Purple Hearts, Wild Cherries, and Rose Tattoo) (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1941: Miriam Margolyes, English actress [category: Births]
• 1941: Werner Sombart, German economist and sociologist (b. 1863) [category: Deaths]
• 1942: Nobby Stiles, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1943: Jimmy Snuka, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1943: Ōnishiki Daigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 28th Yokozuna (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: Albert Hammond, English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (The Family Dogg) [category: Births]
• 1944: W. G. Sebald, German- writer (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1944: Deportation of Crimean Tatars by the Soviet Union government. [category: Events]
• 1944: World War II: Battle of Monte Cassino – Conclusion after seven days of the fourth battle as German paratroopers evacuate Monte Cassino. [category: Events]
• 1946: Andreas Katsulas, American actor (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1946: Bruce Gilbert, English guitarist (Wire and Dome) [category: Births]
• 1946: Frank Hsieh, Taiwanese politician, Premier of Taiwan [category: Births]
• 1946: Reggie Jackson, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1947: Gail Strickland, American actress [category: Births]
• 1947: John Bruton, Irish politician [category: Births]
• 1947: Hal Chase, American baseball player (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Tom Udall, American politician [category: Births]
• 1948: Yi Munyol, South Korean writer [category: Births]
• 1948: The First Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China officially convenes in Nanking. [category: Events]
• 1949: Bill Wallace, Canadian bassist (The Guess Who) [category: Births]
• 1949: Rick Wakeman, English musician, songwriter, and composer (Yes, Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe and Warhorse) [category: Births]
• 1950: Mark Mothersbaugh, American singer, musician, and composer (Devo) [category: Births]
• 1950: Thomas Gottschalk, German television host [category: Births]
• 1951: Jim Sundberg, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1952: Diane Duane, American writer [category: Births]
• 1952: George Strait, American singer, musician, producer, and actor [category: Births]
• 1952: Jeana Yeager, American aviator [category: Births]
• 1953: Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier. [category: Events]
• 1954: Reinhold Heil, German musician and composer (Spliff) [category: Births]
• 1954: Wreckless Eric, English singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1955: Chow Yun-fat, Hong Kong actor [category: Births]
• 1955: Lena T. Hansson, Swedish actor [category: Births]
• 1955: Mary McLeod Bethune, American educator and activist (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1955: Operation Passage to Freedom, the evacuation of 310,000 Vietnamese civilians, soldiers and non-Vietnamese members of the French Army from communist North Vietnam to South Vietnam following the end of the First Indochina War, ends. [category: Events]
• 1956: Maurice Tate, English cricketer (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1956: First ascent of Lhotse 8,516 meters, by a Swiss team. [category: Events]
• 1957: Michael Cretu, Romanian-German musician and producer (Moti Special, Enigma, and Trance Atlantic Air Waves) [category: Births]
• 1958: Rubén Omar Romano, Argentine football manager [category: Births]
• 1958: Toyah Willcox, English singer-songwriter, musician, producer, and actress (Toyah and The Humans) [category: Births]
• 1958: Jacob Fichman, Israeli poet and essayist (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: An F-104 Starfighter sets a world speed record of 1,404.19 mph (2,259.82 km/h). [category: Events]
• 1959: Jay Wells, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1959: Launch of the National Liberation Committee of Côte d'Ivoire in Conakry, Guinea. [category: Events]
• 1960: Brent Ashton, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1960: Jari Kurri, Finnish ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1960: Yannick Noah, French tennis player [category: Births]
• 1961: Jim Bowden, American sportscaster [category: Births]
• 1962: Mike Darnell, American television executive [category: Births]
• 1962: Mike Whitmarsh, American volleyball player (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1962: Nanne Grönvall, Swedish singer-songwriter (One More Time) [category: Births]
• 1962: Sandra, German singer (Arabesque) [category: Births]
• 1963: Marty McSorley, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1963: Sam Vincent, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1963: Ernie Davis, American football player (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Ignasi Guardans, former Spanish politician [category: Births]
• 1965: Ingo Schwichtenberg, German drummer (Helloween) (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1965: Israeli spy Eli Cohen was hanged in Damascus, Syria. [category: Events]
• 1966: Michael Tait, American singer-songwriter and producer (dc Talk, Tait, and Newsboys) [category: Births]
• 1967: Heinz-Harald Frentzen, German race car driver [category: Births]
• 1967: Nancy Juvonen, American film producer, co-founded Flower Films [category: Births]
• 1967: Nina Björk, Swedish activist and author [category: Births]
• 1967: Rob Base, American rapper (Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock) [category: Births]
• 1967: Andy Clyde, American actor (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Sergei Martynov, Belarusian target shooter [category: Births]
• 1969: Martika, Cuban-American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress [category: Births]
• 1969: Apollo program: Apollo 10 is launched. [category: Events]
• 1970: Billy Howerdel, American musician, songwriter, and producer (A Perfect Circle and Ashes Divide) [category: Births]
• 1970: Tim Horan, Australian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1970: Tina Fey, American writer and actress [category: Births]
• 1971: Brad Friedel, American soccer player [category: Births]
• 1971: Desiree Horton, American helicopter pilot and reporter [category: Births]
• 1971: Nobuteru Taniguchi, Japanese race car driver [category: Births]
• 1971: Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh, Russian mathematician (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Turner Stevenson, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1973: Brian Heffron, American wrestler and actor [category: Births]
• 1973: Chantal Kreviazuk, Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist [category: Births]
• 1973: Donyell Marshall, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1973: Jeannette Rankin, American politician, 1st woman in the United States Congress (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Nelson Figueroa, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1974: Completion of the Warsaw radio mast, the tallest construction ever built at the time. It collapsed on August 8, 1991. [category: Events]
• 1974: Nuclear test: under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so. [category: Events]
• 1975: Jack Johnson, American singer-songwriter and musician [category: Births]
• 1975: John Higgins, Scottish snooker player [category: Births]
• 1975: Leroy Anderson, American composer (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Marko Tomasović, Croatian composer, songwriter, and pianist [category: Births]
• 1976: Oleg Tverdovsky, Ukrainian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1976: Ron Mercer, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1977: Danny Mills, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Lee Hendrie, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Chad Donella, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1978: Jessica Cutler, American author [category: Births]
• 1978: Marcus Giles, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1978: Ricardo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Anna Chatziathanassiou, Greek figure skater [category: Births]
• 1979: David Nail, American singer-songwriter and musician [category: Births]
• 1979: Jens Bergensten, Swedish video game designer [category: Births]
• 1979: Julián Speroni, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Mariusz Lewandowski, Polish footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Michal Martikán, Slovak slalom canoeist [category: Births]
• 1979: Milivoje Novakovič, Slovenian footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Aileen Campbell, Scottish politician [category: Births]
• 1980: Ali Zafar, Pakistani singer-songwriter, musician, producer, actor, and director [category: Births]
• 1980: Diego Pérez, Uruguayan footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Felicia Pearson, American actress, singer, and author [category: Births]
• 1980: Jeff Roehl, American football player [category: Births]
• 1980: Matt Long, American actor [category: Births]
• 1980: Michaël Llodra, French tennis player [category: Births]
• 1980: Reggie Evans, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1980: David A. Johnston, American volcanologist (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Harry Randall Truman, American owner and caretaker of Mount St. Helens Lodge (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Ian Curtis, English singer-songwriter and musician (Joy Division) (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Reid Blackburn, American photojournalist (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Victims of Mount St. Helens eruption. [category: Deaths]
• 1980: 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens: Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, United States, killing 57 people and causing $3 billion in damage. [category: Events]
• 1980: Gwangju Uprising: students in Gwangju, South Korea begin demonstrations calling for 'democratic reforms' with the alleged help from North Korea. [category: Events]
• 1981: Mahamadou Diarra, Malian footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Arthur O'Connell, American actor (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: William Saroyan, American author (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Jason Brown, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Marie-Ève Pelletier, Canadian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1983: Gary O'Neil, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Luis Terrero, Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1983: Vince Young, American football player [category: Births]
• 1983: In Ireland, the government launches a crackdown, with the leading Dublin pirate Radio Nova being put off the air. [category: Events]
• 1984: Joakim Soria, Mexican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1984: Niki Terpstra, Dutch cyclist [category: Births]
• 1985: Dalma Kovács, Romanian singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1985: Francesca Battistelli, American singer-songwriter and musician [category: Births]
• 1985: Henrique Sereno, Portuguese footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Ahmed Hamada, Egyptian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1986: Katja Shchekina, Russian model [category: Births]
• 1986: Ryan Lamb, English rugby player [category: Births]
• 1987: Luisana Lopilato, Argentine actress and model [category: Births]
• 1988: Kōji Seto, Japanese actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1988: Ryan Cooley, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1988: Taeyang, South Korean singer, dancer, and model (Big Bang) [category: Births]
• 1988: Daws Butler, American voice actor (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Dorothy Ruth, American horse breeder, daughter of Babe Ruth (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Gayoon, South Korean singer and dancer (4minute) [category: Births]
• 1990: Luke Kleintank, American actor [category: Births]
• 1990: Yuya Osako, Japanese footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Jill Ireland, English actress (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: In France, a modified TGV train achieves a new rail world speed record of 515.3 km/h (320.2 mph). [category: Events]
• 1991: Northern Somalia declares independence from the rest of Somalia as the Republic of Somaliland but is not recognized by the international community. [category: Events]
• 1992: Spencer Breslin, American actor [category: Births]
• 1992: Marshall Thompson, American actor (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Skip Stephenson, American actor and comedian (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Jessica Watson, Australian sailor [category: Births]
• 1993: Stuart Percy, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1993: EU - riots in Nørrebro, Copenhagen caused by the approval of the four Danish exceptions in the Maastricht Treaty referendum. Police opened fire against civilians for the first time since World War II and injured 11 demonstrators. In total 113 bullets are fired. [category: Events]
• 1995: Alexander Godunov, Russian ballet dancer and actor (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Brinsley Le Poer Trench, 8th Earl of Clancarty, English ufologist and nobleman (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Elisha Cook, Jr., American actor (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Elizabeth Montgomery, American actress (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Shawn Nelson, 35, goes on a tank rampage in San Diego. [category: Events]
• 1997: Bridgette Andersen, American actress (b. 1975) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Laura Omloop, Belgian singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1999: Augustus Pablo, Jamaican singer, musician, and producer (b. 1954) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Betty Robinson, American runner (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Stephen M. Wolownik, Russian composer and arranger (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Yousuf Ludhianvi, Indian-Muslim scholar (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Davey Boy Smith, English wrestler (b. 1962) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Anna Santisteban, Puerto Rican businesswoman (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Barb Tarbox, Canadian activist (b. 1961) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Elvin Jones, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Serge Turgeon, Canadian actor and union leader (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Vladislav Terzyul, Ukrainian mountaineer (b. 1953) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: A second photo from the Hubble Space Telescope confirms that Pluto has two additional moons: Nix and Hydra. [category: Events]
• 2006: Andrew Martinez, American activist (b. 1972) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: The post Loktantra Andolan government passes a landmark bill curtailing the power of the monarchy and making Nepal a secular country. [category: Events]
• 2007: Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Yoyoy Villame, Filipino singer-songwriter, composer, and actor (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Joseph Pevney, American director (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Dolla, American rapper and model (b. 1987) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Velupillai Prabhakaran, Sri Lankan founder and leader of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (b. 1954) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Wayne Allwine, American voice actor (b.1947) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Sri Lankan Civil War: The LTTE are defeated by the Sri Lankan government, ending almost 26 years of fighting between the two sides. [category: Events]
• 2012: Alan Oakley, English bicycle designer (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German singer and conductor (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jai Gurudev, Indian Religious leader (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Paul O'Sullivan, Canadian actor and educator (b. 1964) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Peter Jones, English-Australian drummer (Crowded House and Deadstar) (b. 1967) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Facebook, Inc. began selling stock to the public and trading on the NASDAQ. [category: Events]
• _: Battle of Las Piedras Day (Uruguay) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Eric IX of Sweden [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Felix of Cantalice [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Flag and Universities Day (Haiti) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day (Somaliland (unrecognized)) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: International Museum Day (International) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: May 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Pope John I [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Revival, Unity, and Poetry of Magtymguly Day (Turkmenistan) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Venantius of Camerino [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: World AIDS Vaccine Day (International) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury [category: Holidays and observances]