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May 18 is the 138th day of the year (139th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. International holidays and other major events April 1 - April Fools' Day April 4 - Qingming Festival (Mainland International holidays May 1 - Labour Day ( Pakistan) May 1 - Labour Day ( Singapore) International holidays and commemorations June 8 - Dragon Boat Festival ( Traditional Chinese) June 9 - Shavuot Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João Events 1256 - The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV Events 553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins 1215 - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen Events 1457 BC - Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the Events 1204 - Baldwin IX Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and Events 325 - The First Council of Nicaea &ndash the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. Events 334 BC - The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus. Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. Events 451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place Events 927 - Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common International holidays May 1 - Labour Day ( Pakistan) May 1 - Labour Day ( Singapore) May 2007 is the fifth month of that year It began on a Tuesday and 31 days later ended on a Thursday. May 2006 was a month with thirty-one days The following events also occurred during the month May 2005 was the fifth month of that year It began on a Sunday and ended after 31 days on a Tuesday. May 2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September May 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September May 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September May 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 227 days remaining until the end of the year.

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 External links

Events

• 1152 - Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. For other Eleanors of England see Eleanor of England (disambiguation Eleanor Duchess of Aquitaine (1122&ndash1 April 1204
• 1268 - The Principality of Antioch, a crusader state, falls to the Mamluk Sultan Baibars in the Battle of Antioch. The Principality of Antioch, including parts of modern-day Turkey and Syria, was one of the Crusader states created during the First Crusade The Crusader states were a number of mostly 12th- and 13th-century feudal states created by Western European Crusaders in Asia Minor, Greece and Sultan (سلطان is an Islamic title with several historical meanings Baibars, or al-Malik al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baybars al-Bunduqdari ( Arabic ar الملك‭ ‬الظاهر‭ ‬ركن‭ ‬الدين‭ ‬بيبرس‭ ‬البندقداري The "Siege of Antioch" may also refer to two battles in 1097 and 1098 during the First Crusade; see Siege of Antioch.
• 1302 - Bruges Matins, the nocturnal massacre of the French garrison in Bruges by members of the local Flemish militia. The Bruges Matins or Brugse Metten was the nocturnal massacre of the French garrison in Bruges by the members of the local Flemish Militia This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Bruges (Brugge is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium. Flanders (Vlaanderen Flandre Flandern is a geographical region located in parts of present day Belgium, France, and the Netherlands.
• 1498 - Vasco da Gama reaches the port of Calicut, India. Dom Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira ('vaʃku dɐ 'gɐmɐ ( Sines or Vidigueira, Alentejo, Portugal, ca WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> For the district with the same name see Kozhikode District.
• 1593 - Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe. A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or Drama. Thomas Kyd ( 3 November 1558 – 16 July 1594) was an English Dramatist, the author of The Spanish Tragedy Heresy, as a blanket term describes a practice or belief that is labeled as unorthodox
• 1631 - In Dorchester, Massachusetts, John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts. Dorchester is a neighborhood of Boston Massachusetts. It is named after the town of Dorchester in the English county of Dorset, from which John Winthrop ( 12 January 1587/8 26 March 1649) led a group of English Puritans to the New World, joined The Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the executive magistrate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States.
• 1652 - Rhode Island passes the first law in North America making slavery illegal. Rhode Island ( officially named the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the United States As a social-economic system slavery is a legal institution under which a Person (called "a slave" is compelled to work for another
• 1765 - Fire destroys a large part of Montreal, Quebec. Year 1765 ( MDCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk
• 1783 - First United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada after leaving the United States. Year 1783 ( MDCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or The name United Empire Loyalists is a honorific name which has been given after the fact to those American Loyalists who resettled in British North America and other Saint John is the largest city in the Province of New Brunswick, and the oldest incorporated city in Canada. New Brunswick ( French: Nouveau-Brunswick /nuvobʁɔnzwik/ is one of Canada 's three Maritime provinces and is the only constitutionally Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
• 1803 - Napoleonic Wars: The United Kingdom revokes the Treaty of Amiens and declares war on France. 1803 ( MDCCCIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a The Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815 involved Napoleon's French Empire and a shifting set of European allies and opposing coalitions The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Treaty of Amiens temporarily ended the hostilities between France and the United Kingdom during the French Revolutionary Wars.
• 1804 - Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of the French by the French Senate. Year 1804 ( MDCCCIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. List of Queens and Empresses of France Wikipedia_talkFeatured_lists#Proposed_change_to_all_featured_lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below The Senate (Sénat is the Upper house of the Parliament of France, presided over by a president.
• 1811 - Battle of Las Piedras: The first great military triumph of the revolution of the Río de la Plata in Uruguay lead by Jose Artigas. Year 1811 ( MDCCCXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The Río de la Plata ( Spanish: " Silver River" &mdash which is often referred to in English-speaking countries as the River Plate Uruguay.(official full name in República Oriental del Uruguay;, Oriental Republic of Uruguay) is a country located in the southeastern part of South America José Gervasio Artigas Aznar ( June 19 1764 - September 23 1850) was a national hero of Uruguay and is sometimes called "the father
• 1848 - Opening of the first German National Assembly (Nationalversammlung) in Frankfurt, Germany. Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The National Assembly is either a Legislature, or the Lower house of a Bicameral legislature in some countries The Frankfurt Parliament ( German: Frankfurter Nationalversammlung, literally Frankfurt National Assembly) was the first freely elected Parliament
• 1863 - American Civil War: The Battle of Vicksburg begins. Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South Background See also [[Vicksburg Campaign]] After crossing the Mississippi south of Vicksburg at Bruinsburg and driving northeast Grant had won battles at
• 1869 - Surrender and dissolution of the Ezo Republic to Japan. Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Background After the defeat of the forces of the Tokugawa Shogunate in the Boshin War (1868&ndash1869 of the Meiji Restoration, a part of the For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.
• 1896 - The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that separate but equal is constitutional. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the federal judiciary. Separate But Equal is a 1991 American Television movie depicting the landmark Supreme Court Desegregation case
• 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. The Khodynka Tragedy was a Mass panic that occurred on May 18, 1896, on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities following Mass hysteria, also called collective hysteria, mass psychogenic illness, or collective obsessional behavior, is the sociopsychological Khodynka Field (Ходынское поле Khodynskoye pole) is a large open space in the north-west of Moscow, at the beginning of the present day Leningradsky Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of A coronation is a ceremony marking the investiture of a Monarch with regal power specifically involving the placement of a crown upon his or her head and the
• 1897 - Dracula, a novel by Irish author Bram Stoker is published. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Dracula is an 1897 novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, featuring as its primary Antagonist the vampire Count Dracula. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Abraham "Bram" Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912 was an Irish writer of novels and short stories who is best known today for his 1897 horror
• 1900 - The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar In International law, a protectorate is a autonomous territory that is "protected" by a stronger state or entity hense the protector which engages to protect The Kingdom of Tonga is an Archipelago in the south Pacific Ocean comprising 169 islands 36 of them inhabited stretching over a distance of about 800 kilometres (500 miles
• 1910 - The Earth passes through the tail of Comet Halley. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting EARTH was a short-lived Japanese vocal trio which released 6 singles and 1 album between 2000 and 2001 Halley's Comet, officially designated 1P/Halley and also referred to as Comet Halley after Edmond Halley, is a Comet that can be seen every
• 1917 - World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All The Selective Service Act or Selective Draft Act (PL 65-12 40 Stat Conscription (also known as the draft, the call-up or national service) is a general term for involuntary labor demanded by some established authority
• 1926 - Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears while visiting a Venice, California beach. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Evangelism is the Christian practice of proselytisation. The intention of most evangelism is to effect Eternal salvation to those who do not follow the Aimee Semple McPherson ( October 9, 1890 &ndash September 27, 1944) also known as "Sister Aimee" or "Sister" was a Venice is a district in western Los Angeles California. It is known for its Canals Beaches and Circus -like Ocean Front Walk,
• 1927 - The Bath School Disaster: Forty-five people are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in Michigan. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Bath School disaster is the name given to three Bombings in Bath Township, Michigan, USA, on May 18 1927 which killed 45 people and Michigan ( is a Midwestern state of the United States of America.
• 1933 - New Deal: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an act creating the Tennessee Valley Authority. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The New Deal was the name that United States President Franklin D The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA is a federally owned Corporation in the United States created by congressional charter in May 1933 to provide
• 1944 - World War II: Battle of Monte Cassino - Conclusion after seven days of the fourth battle as German paratroopers ("Fallschirmjäger") evacuate Monte Cassino. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Monte Cassino has made it the repeated scene of battles and Sieges from antiquity. Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers Paratroopers are Soldiers trained in Parachuting and generally operate as part of an airborne force. (often rendered Fallschirmjager in English; from the German Fallschirm "parachute" and Jäger, "hunter For information about the World War II battle see the Battle of Monte Cassino.
• 1944 - Deportation of Crimean Tatars by the Soviet Union government. Crimean Tatars (sg Qırımtatar, pl Qırımtatarlar) or Crimeans (sg The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991
• 1944 - World War II: SS troops burn down six villages in the Brkini hills in south western Slovenia. The ( German for "Protective Squadron" abbreviated SS - or ( Runic)- was a major Nazi organization under Adolf Hitler and the Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia (Republika Slovenija) is a Country in southern Central Europe bordering Italy to the west
• 1948 - The First Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China officially convenes in Nanking. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Legislative Yuan ( is the Legislative body of the Republic of China (ROC which administers Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES ( Chinese: 南京 Romanizations Nánjīng ( Pinyin) Nan-ching ( Wade-Giles
• 1953 - Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jacqueline Cochran ( 11 May 1906 &ndash 9 August 1980) was a pioneer American Aviator, considered to be one of the most WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout
• 1958 - An F-104 Starfighter sets a world speed record of 2,259. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout 82 km/h (1,404. 19 mph).
• 1959 - Launching of the National Liberation Committee of Côte d'Ivoire in Conakry, Guinea. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. National Liberation Committee of Côte d'Ivoire (in French: Comité National de Libération de la Côte d'Ivoire) was an Ivorian opposition group with Conakry or Konakry ( Malinké: Kɔnakiri) is the Capital and largest city of Guinea. Guinea, officially Republic of Guinea (pronounced /ˈgɪni/ République de Guinée is a country in West Africa, formerly known as French Guinea
• 1969 - Apollo program: Apollo 10 is launched. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
• 1974 - Nuclear test: Under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Nuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine the effectiveness yield and explosive capability of Nuclear weapons Throughout the twentieth century most nations The Smiling Buddha was the first nuclear test explosion by India on May 18, 1974 at Pokhran. A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from Nuclear reactions either fission or a combination of fission and fusion.
• 1974 - Completion of the Warsaw radio mast, the tallest construction ever built at the time. The Warsaw radio mast was the world's tallest structure until its collapse on 8 August, 1991. It later collapses on August 8, 1991. Events 1220 - Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar.
• 1980 - 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption: Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, killing 57 people and causing $3 billion in damage. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) The 1980 eruption of Mount St Helens, a volcano located in Washington state in the United States was a major volcanic eruption. Mount St Helens is an active Stratovolcano located in Skamania County, Washington, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States Washington ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.
• 1980 - Gwangju Massacre: Students in Gwangju, South Korea begin demonstrations, calling for democratic reforms. The Gwangju Democratization Movement ( Hangul: 광주 민주화운동 refers to a popular uprising in the city of Gwangju, The word student is etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation Verb "studēre" Gwangju Metropolitan City is the sixth largest city in South Korea. South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː
• 1983 - In Ireland, the government launches a crackdown, with the leading Dublin pirate Radio Nova being put off the air. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) The Government of Ireland (Rialtas na hÉireann n̪ˠə ˈheːɾʲən̪ˠ is the Cabinet that exercises executive authority in Ireland. Radio Nova was a Pirate radio station broadcasting from Dublin, Ireland.
• 1990 - In France, a modified TGV train achieves a new rail world speed record of 515.3km/h. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) The TGV ( t rain à g rande v itesse, French for "high-speed train" is France 's High-speed rail service A train is a connected series of vehicles that move along a track ( Permanent way) to transport freight or passengers from one place to another Determination of the fastest railed vehicle in the world varies depending on the definition of " rail " The TGV (train à grande vitesse French for "high-speed train" holds a series of world speed records achieved in the context of an active research and development
• 1991 - Helen Sharman from Sheffield becomes the first Briton to orbit in space. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Helen Patricia Sharman, OBE, (born 30 May 1963) is a British chemist Sheffield ( is a city and Metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England Space is the extent within which Matter is physically extended and objects and Events have positions relative to one another
• 1991 - Northern Somalia declares independence from the rest of Somalia as the Republic of Somaliland but is unrecognised by the international community. Somalia ( Soomaaliya; الصومال) officially the Somali Republic ( Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya, جمهورية الصومال) and formerly known
• 1992 - The Archivist of the United States officially announces the Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) The Archivist of the United States is the chief official overseeing the operation of the National Archives and Records Administration. The Twenty-seventh Amendment ( Amendment XXVII) is the most recent Amendment to the United States Constitution, having been ratified in 1992,
• 1993 - EU-riots in Nørrebro, Copenhagen caused by the approval of the four Danish exceptions in the Maastricht Treaty referendum. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in Nørrebro is the common name for an area in Copenhagen, Denmark located beyond the historic city center (the Indre By) and beyond the location of Copenhagen (ˌkəʊpənˈheɪgən ˌkəʊpənˈhɑːgən ˈkəʊpənˌheɪgən ˈkəʊpənˌhɑːgən kʰøb̥ənˈhɑʊ̯ˀn kʰøb̥m̩ˈhɑʊ̯ˀn is the capital and largest city The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe The Danish Maastricht Treaty referendum of 1993 was a Referendum on whether Denmark should ratify the Maastricht Treaty which had already been rejected Police opened fire against civilians for the first time since World War II and injured 11 demonstrators. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including In total 113 bullets were fired.
• 1998 - United States v. Microsoft: The United States Department of Justice and 20 U.S. states file an antitrust case against Microsoft. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) United States v Microsoft There were many civil actions taking place in May 18 1998 For animal rights group see Justice Department (JD The United States Department of Justice ( DOJ) is a Cabinet department A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational Computer technology Corporation, which rose to dominate the Home computer
• 2006 - The post Loktantra Andolan government passes a landmark bill curtailing the power of the monarchy and making Nepal a secular country. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The 2006 Democracy Movement ( Nepali: लोकतन्त्र आन्दोलन Loktantra Āndolan) is a name given to the ongoing political agitations against Nepal (नेपाल) is a Landlocked country in South Asia.

Births

• 1048 - Omar Khayyám, Persian mathematician, poet and philosopher (d. For the Thoroughbred racehorse see Omar Khayyam (horse Ghiyās od-Dīn Abol-Fath Omār ibn Ebrāhīm Khayyām Neyshābūri (غیاث الدین 1131)
• 1186 - Konstantin of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod (d. Konstantin Vsevolodovich (Константи́н Все́володович ( May 18, 1186 &ndash February 2, 1218) was the eldest son 1218)
• 1474 - Isabella d'Este, Marquise of Mantua (d. Isabella d'Este ( 18 May 1474 &ndash 13 February 1539) was marchesa of Mantua and one of the leading women of the 1539)
• 1610 - Stefano della Bella, Italian printmaker (d. Stefano della Bella ( 18 May 1610 - 12 July 1664) was an Italian Printmaker known for Etchings of many subjects 1664)
• 1616 - Johann Jakob Froberger, German composer (d. Johann Jakob Froberger ( baptized May 19 1616 &ndash May 7 1667 was a German Baroque composer keyboard Virtuoso, and Organist 1667)
• 1662 (O.S.) - George Smalridge, English bishop of Bristol (d. Old Style (or OS) and New Style (or NS) are used in English language historical studies either to indicate that the start of the Julian year George Smalridge, ( May 18 1662 &ndash September 27, 1719) English bishop was born at Lichfield, where he received his 1719)
• 1692 (O.S.) - Joseph Butler, English bishop and philosopher (d. Year 1719 ( MDCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Old Style (or OS) and New Style (or NS) are used in English language historical studies either to indicate that the start of the Julian year You might also be looking for Joseph G Butler Jr, a philanthropist and historian or Joseph Campbell Butler, founding member of The Lovin' Spoonful 1752)
• 1711 - Ruđer Josip Bošković, Croatian atomic theorist (d. Year 1752 ( MDCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar for European countries but not Great Britain) of Year 1711 ( MDCCXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a 1787)
• 1778 - Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry (d. Year 1787 ( MDCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1778 ( MDCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or 1854)
• 1785 - John Wilson, Scottish writer (d. Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1785 ( MDCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common John Wilson ( 18 May 1785 - 3 April 1854) was a Scottish writer the writer most frequently identified with the Pseudonym 1854)
• 1797 - Frederick Augustus II of Saxony (d. Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1797 ( MDCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Frederick Augustus II (full name Frederick Augustus Albert Maria Clemens Joseph Vincenz Aloys Nepomuk Johann Baptista Nikolaus Raphael Peter Xavier Franz de Paula Venantius Felix 1854)
• 1850 - Oliver Heaviside, English physicist (d. Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link 1925)
• 1851 - James Budd, Governor of California (d. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year James Herbert Budd ( May 18, 1851 July 30, 1908) was an American Lawyer and Democratic Politician 1908)
• 1868 - Nicholas II of Russia, Tsar of Russia (d. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap 1918)
• 1872 - Bertrand Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, English mathematician, writer and philosopher, Nobel laureate (d. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Bertrand Arthur William Russell 3rd Earl Russell, OM, FRS (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970 was a British Philosopher, Historian The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 1970)
• 1876 - Hermann Müller, Chancellor of Germany (d. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year ( May 18, 1876 &ndash March 20, 1931) born in Mannheim, was a German Social Democratic politician who served as Foreign The Head of government of Germany is called Chancellor (Kanzler 1931)
• 1882 - Babe Adams, American baseball player (d. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Charles Benjamin "Babe" Adams ( May 18 1882 - July 27 1968) was an American right-handed Pitcher in Major 1968)
• 1883 - Eurico Gaspar Dutra, President of Brazil (d. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Eurico Gaspar Dutra, PC ( 18 May, 1883 - 11 June, 1974) was a Brazilian general politician and president of Brazil The President of Brazil is both the Head of state and Head of government of the Federative Republic of Brazil. 1974)
• 1883 - Walter Gropius, German architect (d. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Walter Adolph Georg Gropius ( May 18, 1883 &ndash July 5, 1969) was a German Architect and founder of Bauhaus 1969)
• 1887 - Jeanie MacPherson, American actress and screenwriter (d. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Jeanie MacPherson ( May 18, 1887 in Boston Massachusetts - August 26, 1946 in Los Angeles, California) was a 1946)
• 1889 - Thomas Midgley, American chemist and inventor (d. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Thomas Midgley Jr ( May 18, 1889 – November 2, 1944) was an American mechanical engineer turned Chemist 1944)
• 1891 - Rudolf Carnap, German philosopher (d. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Rudolf Carnap ( May 18, 1891 &ndash September 14, 1970) was an influential German -born philosopher who was active in 1970)
• 1892 - Ezio Pinza, Italian-born bass (d. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year The Italian bass Ezio Pinza ( 18 May 1892 - 9 May 1957 was one of the outstanding Opera singers of the first half 1957)
• 1897 - Frank Capra, American film producer, director, and writer (d. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Frank Russell Capra ( May 18, 1897 &ndash September 3, 1991) was an Academy Award winning Italian-American Film 1991)
• 1901 - Vincent du Vigneaud, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Vincent du Vigneaud ( May 18, 1901 &ndash December 11, 1978) was an American Biochemist. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1978)
• 1902 - Meredith Willson, American composer (d. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Robert Meredith Willson ( 18 May 1902 – 15 June 1984) was an American composer songwriter conductor and playwright 1984)
• 1904 - Jacob K. Javits, American politician (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Jacob Koppel "Jack" Javits ( May 18, 1904 – March 7, 1986) was an American Politician who served as United States 1986)
• 1905 - Hedley Verity, English cricketer (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Hedley Verity ( born 18 May 1905 in Headingley, Leeds, died in Caserta, Italy 31 July 1943, of wounds 1943)
• 1907 - Carl Mydans, American photographer (d. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Carl Mydans ( May 20, 1907 &ndash August 16, 2004) was an American Photographer who worked for the Farm Security Administration 2004)
• 1909 - Fred Perry, British former tennis player (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Frederick John Perry (18 May 1909 – 2 February 1995 born in Stockport, Cheshire, was an English Tennis and Table tennis 1995)
• 1911 - Big Joe Turner, American blues singer (d. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year For the Ice hockey player see Joe Turner Big Joe Turner (born Joseph Vernon Turner Jr 1985)
• 1912 - Richard Brooks, American film director, writer and producer (d. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Richard Brooks (May 18 1912 – March 11 1992 was an American Screenwriter, director, Novelist and occasional producer. 1992)
• 1912 - Perry Como, American singer (d. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como ( May 18 1912 &ndash May 12 2001) was an Italian-American singer and television personality 2001)
• 1912 - Walter Sisulu, South African anti-apartheid activist (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Walter Max Ulyate Sisulu ( May 18, 1912 &ndash May 5, 2003) was a South African anti- Apartheid activist and member of the 2003)
• 1913 - Jane Birdwood, British anti-Semitic activist (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Jane Birdwood Baroness Birdwood ( May 18 1913 - June 28 2000) was the wife of Lord Birdwood and a leading figure on the Far right 2000)
• 1913 - Charles Trenet, French singer and songwriter (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Charles Trenet (born Louis Charles Auguste Claude Trénet May 18, 1913, Narbonne, France &ndash February 19, 2001 2001)
• 1913 - Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Fifth President of India (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (నీలం సంజీవ రెడ్డి) ( May 19 1913 - June 1 1996) was an Indian statesman The President of India or Rashtrapati ( Hindi: राष्ट्रपति a Sanskrit Neologism, lit 1996)
• 1914 - Pierre Balmain, French fashion designer (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Pierre Alexandre Claudius Balmain (b St Jean de Maurienne France May 18, 1914 &ndash Paris France June 29, 1982) was a French 1982)
• 1918 - George Welch, American pilot and war hero (d. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common George Welch, Major (United States, USAF ( May 10, 1918 &ndash October 12, 1954) was a World War II Flying 1954)
• 1918 - Massimo Girotti, Italian actor (d. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Massimo Girotti ( 18 May 1918 - 5 January 2003) was an Italian film actor whose career spanned seven decades 2003)
• 1919 - Dame Margot Fonteyn, English ballet dancer (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common "Dame Margot" redirects here For the medieval trouvère see Dames Margot and Maroie. 1991)
• 1920 - Pope John Paul II (d. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Pope 2005)
• 1920 - Lucia Mannucci, Italian singer (Quartetto Cetra)
• 1922 - Gerda Boyesen, Norwegian-born body psychotherapist (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lucia Mannucci (born 18 May 1920) is an Italian singer best known as one of the singers of Quartetto Cetra, a very famous Italian vocal quartet Quartetto Cetra, or simply I Cetra, was an Italian vocal quartet established during 1940s Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Gerda Boyesen (born May 18, 1922 in Bergen, Norway, dead December 29, 2005 in London) is the founder of 2005)
• 1922 - Bill Macy, American actor
• 1922 - Kai Winding, Danish-born musician (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bill Macy - born Wolf Marvin Garber on May 18 1922 in Revere Massachusetts to Michael Garber a manufacturer and his wife Mollie ( née Kai Chresten Winding ( May 18, 1922 &ndash May 6, 1983) was a popular Danish trombonist and Jazz composer 1983)
• 1923 - Hugh Shearer, Prime Minister of Jamaica (d. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hugh Lawson Shearer, ON, OJ, PC ( May 18, 1923 &ndash July 5, 2004) was the third Prime Minister of Jamaica The Prime Minister of Jamaica is Jamaica 's Head of government, currently Bruce Golding. 2004)
• 1923 - Jean-Louis Roux, French Canadian actor and artistic director
• 1924 - Priscilla Pointer, American actress
• 1924 - Jack Whitaker, American sportscaster
• 1926 - Dirch Passer, Danish actor (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Jean-Louis Roux CC, CQ (born May 18, 1923) is a noted entertainer and playwright senator and briefly Lieutenant Governor of Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Priscilla Pointer (born May 18, 1924) is an American stage film and television character actress Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dirch Hartvig Passer ( May 18, 1926 - September 3, 1980) was a Danish actor 1980)
• 1928 - Pernell Roberts, American actor
• 1929 - Jack Sanford, American baseball player (d. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pernell Elvin Roberts (born May 18, 1928 in Waycross Georgia) is an American Television Actor and Singer. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Stanley Sanford ( May 18 1929 – March 7 2000) was an American right-handed Starting pitcher in Major League 2000)
• 1930 - Warren Rudman, American politician
• 1931 - Don Martin, American cartoonist (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Warren Bruce Rudman (born May 18, 1930 in Boston Massachusetts) was an American Senator from New Hampshire. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Donald "Don" Martin ( May 18 1931 &ndash January 6 2000) was an American Cartoon artist whose best-known work 2000)
• 1931 - Robert Morse, American actor
• 1933 - Bernadette Chirac, French politician
• 1934 - Dwayne Hickman, American actor and television executive
• 1937 - Brooks Robinson, American baseball player
• 1937 - Jacques Santer, Luxembourg statesman
• 1939 - Giovanni Falcone, Italian magistrate (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Robert Morse (born May 18, 1931, Newton Massachusetts) is an American Actor. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bernadette Thérèse Marie Chirac, born Bernadette Thérèse Marie Chodron de Courcel (born 18 May 1933) is a French politician and the former First Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dwayne Bernard Hickman (born May 18, 1934 in Los Angeles) is an American Actor and Television executive Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Brooks Calbert Robinson Jr (born May 18, 1937 in Little Rock Arkansas) is an American former Third baseman in Major League Jacques Santer (born 18 May, 1937) is a politician from Luxembourg. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He who's afraid dies every day who's not afraid dies only once 1992)
• 1939 - Gordon O'Connor, Canadian politician
• 1941 - Lobby Loyde, Australian guitarist and songwriter (d. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Gordon James O'Connor, PC, OMM, CD, MP (born May 18, 1939) is a retired Brigadier-General, current Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lobby Loyde ( May 18 1941 &ndash April 21, 2007) was an Australian Rock music Guitarist songwriter and producer 2007)
• 1941 - Miriam Margolyes, British actress
• 1942 - Albert Hammond, British musician and composer
• 1942 - Nobby Stiles, English footballer
• 1943 - James Reiher, American professional wrestler
• 1944 - W. G. Sebald, German-born writer (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Miriam Margolyes OBE (born 18 May 1941 is a BAFTA Award -winning British character actress and voice artist Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Albert Hammond (born 18 May 1944, London, England) is a Singer-songwriter, whose family came originally from Gibraltar Norbert "Nobby" Peter Stiles MBE (born Collyhurst, Manchester, 18 May 1942 is an English former football Midfielder. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Reiher (born May 18 1943 is an American professional wrestler, and Actor, better known by his ring name of Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. W G (Winfred Georg Maximilian Sebald ( May 18, 1944, Wertach im Allgäu &ndash December 14, 2001, Norfolk, England 2001)
• 1946 - Bruce Gilbert, English musician (Wire)
• 1946 - Frank Hsieh, former Premier of Taiwan
• 1946 - Reggie Jackson, American baseball player
• 1946 - Andreas Katsulas, American actor (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bruce Gilbert (born Bruce Clifford Gilbert 18 May 1946, Watford, Hertfordshire) is an English Musician, one of the founding Wire are an English rock band formed in London in October 1976 (and intermittently active to the present by Colin Newman (vocals guitar Frank Chang-ting Hsieh ( Wade-Giles: Hsieh Ch'ang T'ing {{Unicode|Pe̍h-oē-jī}}: Siā Tiông-têng or Chiā Tiông-têng (born May 18, 1946 Reginald Martinez Jackson (born May 18 1946) nicknamed " Mr Andrew C "Andreas" Katsulas (May 18 1946 – February 13 2006 was an American Actor perhaps best known for his roles as Ambassador G'Kar in 2006)
• 1947 - John Bruton, ninth Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland
• 1949 - Rick Wakeman, English composer and musician (Yes)
• 1949 - Bill Wallace, Canadian musician (The Guess Who)
• 1950 - Thomas Gottschalk, German television show host
• 1950 - Mark Mothersbaugh, American composer, musician, and singer (Devo)
• 1952 - Diane Duane, American writer
• 1952 - George Strait, American musician
• 1952 - Jeana Yeager, American aviator
• 1954 - Reinhold Heil, German composer
• 1955 - Chow Yun-Fat, Hong Kong actor
• 1957 - Michael Cretu, German musician (Enigma)
• 1958 - Toyah Willcox, English actor and singer
• 1959 - Jay Wells, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1960 - Jari Kurri, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1960 - Yannick Noah, French tennis player
• 1962 - Mike Whitmarsh, American Volleyball Player
• 1962 - Nanne Grönvall, Swedish singer
• 1962 - Sandra Cretu, German singer
• 1962 - Mike Darnell, American television executive
• 1965 - Ingo Schwichtenberg, German drummer (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Gerard Bruton (Seán de Briotún born 18 May 1947 served as the ninth Taoiseach of Ireland. The Taoiseach (ˈtiːʃəx in English t̪ˠiːʃʲəx (plural Taoisigh ( or) in Irish) also referred to as An Taoiseach ( t̪ˠiːʃʲəx is the the Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Richard Christopher Wakeman (born 18 May 1949 in Perivale, London) is an English Keyboard player best known as the Yes are an English Progressive rock band that formed in London in 1968. See also Bill Wallace (martial arts. Bill Wallace (born May 18, 1949) is a Bassist from Winnipeg, The Guess Who is a Canadian rock band from Winnipeg Manitoba, that was one of the first to establish a major successful following in their own country Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Thomas Gottschalk (born May 18, 1950) is a famous German TV host Mark Allen Mothersbaugh (born May 18, 1950) is an American Musician, Composer, Singer and painter. Devo (pronounced DEE-vo (IPA /'diːvoʊ/) or dee-VO (IPA /diː'voʊ/) often spelled "DEVO" or "DEV-O" is an American Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Diane Duane (born May 18, 1952) is an American Science fiction and Fantasy author George Harvey Strait (born May 18, 1952) is an American Country music singer Jeana Yeager (born May 18, 1952 in Fort Worth Texas, USA is an aviatrix. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Reinhold Heil (born 18 May 1954) is a Composer and former member of Spliff and the Nina Hagen Band who has largely worked on film Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Chow Yun-Fat SBS ( born May 18, 1955) is a Chinese Actor. He is one of the most famous actors in Asia and a Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Michael Cretu, also known as Curly MC (born May 18, 1957 in a suburb of Bucharest, Romania Enigma is German electronic musical project founded by Michael Cretu, David Fairstein and Frank Peterson in 1990 Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Toyah Ann Willcox (born 18 May 1958 in Kings Heath, Birmingham) is an English actress and Singer. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jay Wells (born May 18, 1959 in Paris, Ontario) is a retired Canadian professional Ice hockey player Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jari Pekka Kurri (born May 18 1960 in Helsinki, Finland is a retired Finnish professional Ice hockey right winger Yannick Noah (born May 18 1960, Sedan, Ardennes, France) is a former professional Tennis player from both France and Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Michael ("Mike" Whitmarsh (born May 18, 1962) is an American Volleyball player who won the silver medal in the men's inaugural beach volleyball Nanne Grönvall (born Marianne Elisabeth Nordqvist on May 18 1962 in Stockholm) is a Swedish Singer - Songwriter Sandra Ann Lauer ( May 18, 1962, Saarbrücken, Germany) and professionally known as "Sandra" is a popular German singer/songwriter Michael H Darnell (born 18 May 1962) is an American television executive Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Ingo Schwichtenberg ( May 18, 1965 - March 8, 1995) was one of the founding members of German Power metal band Helloween 1995)
• 1966 - Michael Tait, American musician (dc Talk, Tait)
• 1967 - Heinz-Harald Frentzen, German F1 driver
• 1969 - Martika, Cuban-American singer
• 1970 - Tina Fey, American writer/actress
• 1971 - Brad Friedel, American soccer player
• 1971 - Nobuteru Taniguchi, Japanese racing driver
• 1972 - Turner Stevenson, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1973 - Dario Franchitti, Scottish racecar driver
• 1974 - Nelson Figueroa, American baseball player
• 1975 - John Higgins, Scottish snooker player
• 1975 - Jack Johnson, American musician
• 1975 - Peter Iwers, Swedish bass player (In Flames)
• 1976 - Oleg Tverdovsky, Ukrainian ice hockey player
• 1977 - Lee Hendrie, English footballer
• 1977 - Danny Mills, English footballer
• 1978 - Ricardo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer
• 1979 - Mariusz Lewandowski, Polish footballer
• 1979 - Michal Martikán, Slovak slalom canoiest
• 1979 - Julián Speroni, Argentine footballer
• 1979 - Milivoje Novakovič, Slovenian footballer
• 1980 - Jeff Roehl, American football player
• 1980 - Ali Zafar, Pakistani singer and model
• 1980 - Aileen Campbell, Scottish Politician
• 1981 - Mahamadou Diarra, Malian footballer
• 1982 - Jason Brown, English-born footballer
• 1982 - Eric West, American singer and actor
• 1983 - Gary O'Neil, English footballer
• 1983 - Luis Terrero, Dominican baseball player
• 1983 - Vince Young, American football player
• 1984 - Scarlett Keegan, Playboy Playmate
• 1984 - Joakim Soria, Mexican baseball player
• 1984 - Niki Terpstra, Dutch cyclist
• 1986 - Ryan Lamb, English rugby union player
• 1987 - Luisana Lopilato, Argentine actress and model
• 1988 - Ryan Cooley, Canadian television actor
• 1992 - Josh Phelps, Soccer Player
• 1992 - Spencer Breslin, American actor
• 1997 - Alana Etheridge, American actress

Deaths

• 1401 - Władysław Opolczyk (German: Ladislaus von Oppel, count palatine of Hungary 1367-1372, governor of Halych-Volhynia 1372 - 1378, count palatine of Poland
• 1450 - Sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Michael DeWayne Tait (born May 18, 1966) was a member of the Christian rock group Dc Talk and founder of the band Tait. dc Talk is a prominent Christian rock / Rap band partly responsible for the rise in popularity of the Contemporary Christian music Genre Tait is a Christian rock band formed by Michael Tait, one of the members of the legendary Christian band Dc Talk. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Early career Frentzen was born in the West German city of Mönchengladbach ( North Rhine-Westphalia) to a German undertaker and a Spanish mother Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Marta Marrero (born 18 May 1969) better known as Martika, is an American pop Singer and actress. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey (born May 18 1970 is a Golden Globe - five time Emmy - and SAG Award -winning American Writer Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Bradley Howard "Brad" Friedel (born May 18, 1971 in Lakewood, Ohio) is an American international Association football is a Japanese racing driver and former drifting driver who currently competes in Super GT. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Turner Stevenson (born May 18 1972 in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada) is a retired professional Ice hockey player Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Dario J Franchitti (born 19 May, 1973 in Bathgate, West Lothian) is a Scottish racing driver of Italian descent Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Nelson Figueroa (born May 18, 1974 in Brooklyn New York) is a Major League Baseball player in the New York Mets. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Higgins Jack Johnson may refer to Jack Johnson (boxer (1878–1946 African-American boxer Jack Johnson (musician (born 1975 Hawaii-born singer-songwriter-director-surfer Peter Iwers (born on May 15, 1975 in Stockholm Sweden) is the current bass player of the Swedish band In Flames. In Flames is a Death metal band formed in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1990 and is considered to be a pioneer and major influence to the melodic death metal genre Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Oleg Tverdovsky (born May 18, 1976, in Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Professional Ice hockey Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Lee Andrew Hendrie (born May 18 1977 in Birmingham) is an English footballer who plays as a Midfielder. This article is about the footballer For the actor see Danny Mills (actor. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Ricardo Alberto Silveira Carvalho, OIH (born 18 May 1978 in Amarante, Portugal) pronounced ʁi'kaɾdu kɐɾ'vaʎu Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Mariusz Lewandowski ( pron ˈmarjuʂ lɛvanˈdɔfski born on May 18, 1979 in Legnica, Poland) is a professional Polish Michal Martikán (born May 18, 1979 in Liptovský Mikuláš) is a Slovak slalom canoeist. Julián Maria Speroni (born May 18 1979 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine footballer of Italian descent who plays for Milivoje Novakovič (born May 18, 1979 in Ljubljana) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a Striker Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Jeffrey Alan Roehl (born May 18, 1980 in Evergreen Park Illinois) was an American football Offensive lineman who played mostly with Ali Zafar ( Urdu: علی ظفر) also known as Prince of Pop, is a Pakistani Musician, Actor, painter and model Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Aileen Campbell (born May 18 1980) is a Scottish National Party (SNP Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Mahamadou Diarra (محمدو ديارا (born 18 May 1981 in Bamako, Mali) is a Malian football Defensive midfielder who signed for Real Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Jason Roy Brown (born 18 May 1982 in Southwark, England) is a Welsh football goalkeeper currently playing Eric West (born May 18, 1982) is an American R&B / pop Singer, Actor, Socialite, and former male fashion Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Gary Paul O'Neil (born May 18, 1983 in Bromley, Greater London) is an English footballer, currently playing for Middlesbrough Luis Enrique Terrero (born May 18, 1980 in Barahona Dominican Republic) is a Major League Baseball Outfielder for the Baltimore Vincent Paul Young Jr (born May 18 1983 in Houston Texas) commonly Vince Young, or " VY " is an award-winning American football Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Scarlett Keegan (born to Irish parents on May 18, 1984 in Westlake Village California) is an American model and Joakim Agustín Soria Ramos (b May 18, 1984 in Monclova, Coahuila, México) is a right handed closing pitcher with Niki Terpstra (born 18 May 1984 in Beverwijk) is a Dutch Racing cyclist with UCI ProTeam Team Milram. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Ryan Lamb (born 18 May 1986 in Gloucester) is a Rugby union footballer who plays at fly-half for Gloucester Rugby. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Luisana Loreley Lopilato de la Torre (born May 18, 1987, in Buenos Aires Argentina) is an Argentine Actress and model, Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Ryan Hadison Cooley (born May 18, 1988) is a Canadian television actor from Ontario, best known for his role as J Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Joshua Lee Phelps (born May 12, 1978 in Anchorage Alaska) is a Major League Baseball First baseman for the St Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Spencer Breslin (born May 18, 1992) is an American Child actor and Musician. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Alana Etheridge (born May 18, 1997) is an American child actor from San Diego California, known for her role on FOX's 2007 game show Are You This artivle is about a 14th century noble For the 13th century one see Władysław Opolski. The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. This article gives details on the history of the Count Palatine in Mediaeval European Palatinate regions and social structure Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic A governor is a governing official usually the executive (at least nominally to different degrees also politically and administratively of a non-sovereign level of government The Kingdom of Galicia-Volhynia ( Ruthenian: sla Галицко-Волинскоє Королѣвство Regnum Galiciæ et Lodomeriæ or Galicia-Vladimir, was This article gives details on the history of the Count Palatine in Mediaeval European Palatinate regions and social structure Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland 1397)
• 1550 - John, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (b. John of Lorraine ( April 9 1498 &ndash May 18 1550) was a French cardinal, who was Archbishop of Reims, Lyon 1498)
• 1551 - Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter (d. Domenico di Pace Beccafumi (1486&ndash May 18 1551) was an Italian Renaissance - Mannerist painter active predominantly 1486)
• 1584 - Ikeda Motosuke, Japanese samurai commander (b. was a samurai commander in the Sengoku period. He was the first son of Ikeda Tsuneoki. 1559)
• 1675 - Stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (b. Stanisław Lubieniecki (Stanislaus de Lubienietz also Lubiniezky or Lubyenyetsky) (b 1623)
• 1675 - Jacques Marquette, French Jesuit missionary and explorer (b. Father Jacques Marquette ( June 1, 1637 &ndash May 18, 1675) was a French Missionary who founded Michigan 1637)
• 1692 - Elias Ashmole, English antiquarian (b. Elias Ashmole (23 May 1617 – 18 May 1692 was a celebrated English antiquary, Politician, Officer of arms, astrologer and 1617)
• 1733 - Georg Böhm, German organist (b. Year 1733 ( MDCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Georg Böhm ( September 2, 1661 - May 18, 1733) was a German Baroque Organist and Composer. 1761)
• 1780 - Charles Hardy, British governor of Newfoundland
• 1781 - Túpac Amaru II, Peruvian Indian revolutionary, a descendant of the last Inca ruler, Túpac Amaru (b. Year 1761 ( MDCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1780 ( MDCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Sir Charles Hardy ( c 1714 &ndash May 18, 1780) born Portsmouth, England, was a British Naval officer Year 1781 ( MDCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Túpac Amaru II (José Gabriel Túpac Amaru b March 19, 1742 in Tinta Cusco, Peru &ndash executed in Cusco May 18, 1781 Túpac Amaru (Thupaq Amaru in modern Quechua) (d 1572 was the last indigenous leader of the Inca state in Peru. 1742)
• 1799 - Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, French playwright (b. Year 1742 ( MDCCXLII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1799 ( MDCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (24 January 1732 &ndash 18 May 1799 was a watch-maker inventor musician politician fugitive spy publisher arms-dealer and revolutionary 1732)
• 1800 - Alexander Suvorov, Russian general (b. Year 1732 ( MDCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year -of the Julian calendar. The Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar until Friday, but 12 days ahead since Saturday. Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov (Алекса́ндр Васи́льевич Суво́ров (sometimes transliterated as Aleksandr, Aleksander and Suvarov 1729)
• 1807 - John Douglas, Scottish Anglican bishop and man of letters (b. Year 1729 ( MDCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1807 ( MDCCCVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common John Douglas ( July 14, 1721 &ndash May 18, 1807) was a Scottish scholar and Anglican Bishop. 1721)
• 1808 - Elijah Craig, American minister and inventor (b. Year 1721 ( MDCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1808 ( MDCCCVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Elijah Craig (1738 &ndash May 18, 1808) was an entrepreneur and Baptist preacher in the state of Kentucky. 1738?)
• 1829 - Maria Josepha of Saxony, queen consort of Spain (b. Year 1738 ( MDCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or For the game see 1829 (board game. Year 1829 ( MDCCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Maria Josepha of Saxony ( Dresden, 7 December 1803 – Aranjuez, 18 May 1829) was daughter of Prince Maximilian 1803)
• 1844 - Richard McCarty, American politician (b. 1803 ( MDCCCIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Richard McCarty ( February 19[[ 780]] - May 18[[ 844]] was a United States Representative from New York. 1780)
• 1889 - Isabella Glyn Dallas, Scottish Shakepearean actress (b. Year 1780 ( MDCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Isabella Glyn Dallas (1823-1889 was a well-known Victorian -era Shakespearean actress 1823)
• 1900 - Jean Gaspard Felix Ravaisson-Mollien, French philosopher (b. Year 1823 ( MDCCCXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Jean Gaspard Félix Ravaisson-Mollien ( October 23, 1813 &ndash May 18, 1900) was a French Philosopher and Archaeologist 1813)
• 1909 - George Meredith, English novelist and poet (b. Year 1813 ( MDCCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting George Meredith, OM ( February 12, 1828 &ndash May 18, 1909) was an English Novelist and Poet during 1828)
• 1909 - Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer (b. The year 1828 ( MDCCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Isaac Manuel Francisco Albéniz i Pascual (iˈsak alˈβeniθ ( May 29, 1860 &ndash May 18, 1909) was a Spanish Pianist 1860)
• 1910 - Pauline Garcia-Viardot, French mezzo-soprano and composer (b. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Pauline García-Viardot ( July 18, 1821 &ndash May 18, 1910) was a nineteenth century Spanish Mezzo-soprano and Composer 1821)
• 1910 - Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish novelist (b. Year 1821 ( MDCCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Eliza Orzeszkowa (1842-1910 Polish Novelist, was born near Hrodna (now Belarus) to the noble Pawłowski family 1841)
• 1911 - Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer (b. For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year 1860)
• 1922 - Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran ( June 18, 1845 &ndash May 18, 1922) was a French Physician. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1845)
• 1927 - Andrew Kehoe, American mass murderer (b. Year 1845 ( MDCCCXLV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Andrew Philip Kehoe ( February 1, 1872 &ndash May 18, 1927) was an American Mass murderer who perpetrated the 1872)
• 1941 - Werner Sombart, German economist and sociologist (b. Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Werner Sombart ( 19 January 1863 &ndash 18 May 1941) was a German economist and sociologist, the head of the 1863)
• 1955 - Mary McLeod Bethune, American educator and activist (b. Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Mary Jane McLeod Bethune (July 10 1875--May 18 1955 was an educator and civil rights leader best known for starting a school for black students in Daytona Beach Florida that 1875)
• 1956 - Maurice Tate, English cricketer (b. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Maurice William Tate (born 30 May 1895 in Brighton, Sussex, died 18 May 1956 in Wadhurst, Sussex 1895)
• 1963 - Ernie Davis, American football player (b. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ernie Davis (December 14 1939 &ndash May 18 1963 was an American football Running back and the first African-American athlete to win the Heisman 1939)
• 1967 - Andy Clyde, American actor (b. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Andrew "Andy" Clyde ( March 25, 1892 — May 18, 1967) was a Scottish movie and TV actor whose career spanned more than 1892)
• 1971 - Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh, Russian mathematician (b. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh ( Russian: Александр Геннадьевич Курош 19 January[[ 908]]- 18 May[[ 971]] was a Russian 1908)
• 1973 - Jeannette Rankin, first U. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Jeannette Rankin ( June 11, 1880 &ndash May 18, 1973) was the first woman to be elected to the United States House of Representatives S. Congresswoman (b. 1880)
• 1975 - Leroy Anderson, American composer (b. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Leroy Anderson ( June 29 1908 – May 18 1975) was an American Composer of short light concert pieces many of which were 1908)
• 1980 - Ian Curtis, English musician, singer and lyricist (Joy Division) (b. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Ian Kevin Curtis ( 15 July 1956 – 18 May 1980) was the vocalist and lyricist as well as occasional guitarist and keyboardist of the band Joy Division were an English rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. 1956)
• 1980 - Harry Truman, victim of Mount St. Helens eruption (b. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Harry Randall Truman ( October 30, 1896  &ndash May 18, 1980) came to brief fame as a resident of the U The 1980 eruption of Mount St Helens, a volcano located in Washington state in the United States was a major volcanic eruption. 1896)
• 1980 - David A. Johnston, a U. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year David Alexander Johnston ( December 18, 1949 &ndash May 18, 1980) was a Volcanologist with the United States Geological S. Volcanoligist was also a victim of Mount St. Helens eruption (b. The 1980 eruption of Mount St Helens, a volcano located in Washington state in the United States was a major volcanic eruption. 1949)
• 1980 - Reid Blackburn, a photojournalist for National Geographic was also a victim of Mount St. Helens eruption (b. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Reid Blackburn ( August 11, 1952 - May 18, 1980) was a photographer killed in the 1980 volcanic eruption of Mount St Overview The NGS's historical mission is "to increase and diffuse geographic knowledge while promoting the conservation of the world's cultural historical and natural The 1980 eruption of Mount St Helens, a volcano located in Washington state in the United States was a major volcanic eruption. 1952)
• 1981 - Arthur O'Connell, American actor (b. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Arthur O'Connell ( March 29, 1908 &ndash May 18, 1981) was an Academy Award nominated American stage and film actor 1908)
• 1981 - William Saroyan, American author (b. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year William Saroyan ( August 31, 1908 - May 18 1981) was an Armenian American Author. 1908)
• 1988 - Daws Butler, American voice actor (b. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Daws Butler ( Charles Dawson Butler; November 16, 1916 – May 18, 1988) was a Voice actor born in Toledo, 1916)
• 1990 - Jill Ireland, English actress (b. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Jill Ireland ( April 24, 1936 &ndash May 18, 1990) was an English actress 1936)
• 1992 - Skip Stephenson, American TV personality (b. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Charles F "Skip" Stephenson ( April 18, 1940 - May 18, 1992) was an American Comedian and Actor. 1940)
• 1992 - Marshall Thompson, American actor (b. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Marshall Thompson ( November 27, 1925 - May 18, 1992) was an American Film and Television Actor 1925)
• 1995 - Elisha Cook, Jr., American actor (b. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Elisha Vanslyck Cook Jr ( December 26, 1903 was an American actor who made a career out of playing cowardly villains and neurotics earning him the nickname "Hollywood's 1903)
• 1995 - Alexander Godunov, Russian ballet dancer and actor (b. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Alexander Borisovich Godunov ( Russian: ru Александр Борисович Годунов November 28 1949 — May 18 1995) 1949)
• 1995 - Elizabeth Montgomery, American actress (b. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Elizabeth Victoria Montgomery ( April 15, 1933 &ndash May 18, 1995) was an American Film and television 1933)
• 1997 - Bridgette Andersen, American actress (b. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Bridgette Andersen ( July 11, 1975 &ndash May 18, 1997) was an American Child actress, best known for her part in the 1975)
• 1999 - Augustus Pablo, Jamaican singer (b. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Horace Swaby ( June 21, 1953 &ndash May 18, 1999) better known as Augustus Pablo, was a Jamaican Roots reggae 1954)
• 1999 - Betty Robinson, American runner (b. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) This article is about the Olympic athlete For the 1928 national spelling bee champion go to Scripps National Spelling Bee#Champions and winning words. 1911)
• 2000 - Stephen M. Wolownik, Russian musician and arranger (b. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Stephen M "Steve" Wolownik ( July 22, 1946) - ( May 18, 2000) was a pioneer in the Russian and Eastern European 1946)
• 2000 - Maulana Yousuf Ludhianvi, Muslim scholar
• 2002 - Davey Boy Smith, English professional wrestler (b. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Maulana Muhammad Yousuf Ludhianvi (1932&ndash 18 May, 2000) was a great Muslim scholar and Naib Amir (Vice President of Aalmi Majlis-i-Tahafuz-i-Khatm-i-Nabuwwat See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The British Bulldog redirects here for other uses see British Bulldog. 1962)
• 2003 - Anna Santisteban, Puerto Rican beauty contest organizer (b. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Anna Santisteban ( November 3, 1914 - May 18, 2003) was a Puerto Rican businesswoman and beauty entrepreneur who presided the 1914)
• 2003 - Barb Tarbox, Canadian anti-smoking crusader (b. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Barb Tarbox ( April 10 1961 &ndash May 18 2003) was one of the most well-known anti- smoking activists in Canada a 1961)
• 2004 - Elvin Jones, American jazz drummer (b. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Elvin Ray Jones ( 9 September 1927 &ndash 18 May 2004) was one of the most influential jazz drummers of the Post-bop era 1927)
• 2004 - Serge Turgeon, Quebec actor and union leader (b. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Serge Turgeon, CM, CQ ( 12 March 1946 &ndash 18 May 2004) was a Quebec actor and union leader 1946)
• 2006 - Andrew Martinez, U.C. Berkeley's "Naked Guy" (b. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Andrew Martinez ( November 15 1972 – May 18 2006) was an Activist who achieved fame at the University of California Berkeley The University of California ( UC) is a Public university system in the state of California. 1972)
• 2007 - Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist (b. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Pierre-Gilles de Gennes ( October 24, 1932 in Paris &ndash May 18, 2007 in Orsay) was a French Physicist 1932)
• 2007 - Yoyoy Villame, Philippine novelty singer and movie actor (b. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Yoyoy Villame ( November 18, 1932 - May 18, 2007) born Roman Tesorio Villame, was a Filipino Singer, Composer 1932)
• 2008 - Joseph Pevney, American television director

Holidays and observances

• International Museum Day
• Renascence, Unity and Poetry Day of Makhtumkuli in Turkmenistan
• Festival of the god Pan in Ancient Greece
• Festival of Faunus in Ancient Rome
• Liturgical feast day of the following saints in the Roman Catholic Church:
  • Saint Eric of Sweden
  • Saint Dioscorus
  • St. Felix of Cantalice
  • Pope John I
  • Venantius of Camerino
• Feast day of Saint Alexandra in the Eastern Orthodox Church
• Flag Day in Haiti

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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