Historical Events In May - 18
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1913 Otto Reubke, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.
1914 On May - 18 anthony Fell, British MP
1915 On this day in history major General Sir William Bridges, Commander of the First Division, Australian Imperial Force (AIF), dies of wounds inflicted at Anzac Cove on 15 May His body is buried in the grounds of the Royal Military College, Duntroon
1915 On this day in history leon Shenandoah, native American leader
1916 On this day in history uS pilot Kiffin Rockwell shoots down German aircraft
1917 US passes Selective Service act on May - 18.
1917 Satie/Massine/Picasso's ballet "Parade," premieres in Paris on May - 18.
1917 Charles Wintour, journalist on this day in history.
1918 On May - 18 netherlands Indian Volksraad installed in Batavia
1918 On May - 18 the birth of Pope John Paul II, Head of the Catholic Church
1918 On May - 18 tNT explosion in chemical factory in Oakdale PA kills 200
1918 Neth Indian Volksraad installed in Batavia on this day in history.
1918 On this day in history john Paul II, [Karol Wojtyla], 264th Roman Catholic pope (1978- )
1918 On May - 18 toivo Kuula, composer, dies at 34
1919 Margot Fonteyn, Surrey England, prima ballerina (Giselle) on May - 18.
1920 On May - 18 46th Preakness: Clarence Kummer aboard Man o' War wins in 1:51.6
1920 On May - 18 john Paul II, [Karol Wojtyla], Poland, Pope (1978-2005)
1921 On May - 18 anthony Epstein, FRS/pathologist
1922 On May - 18 dutch 2nd Chamber agrees to 48 hour work week (was 45 hours)
1922 On May - 18 dutch 2nd Chamber agrees to 48 hour work week (was 45 hrs)
1922 Bill Macy, Revere Mass, actor (Walter-Maude, Oh! Calcutta) on May - 18.
1923 On this day in history liam Sullivan, Jacksonville Ill, actor (Mapoy-Monroes)
1924 On May - 18 jack Whitaker, Phila Pa, sportscaster (ABC, CBS)
1926 On May - 18 evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson vanished in Venice CA; She showed up a month later & said she had been kidnapped
1926 Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson vanished in Venice Calif She showed up a month later & said she had been kidnapped on this day in history.
1927 On May - 18 ritz Hotel opens in Boston
1927 On this day in history "Slide Lake" in Gros Ventre Wyoming collapses
1927 Richard Body, MP on May - 18.
1928 G R Hall, nuclear scientist on May - 18.
1929 On this day in history 55th Kentucky Derby: Linus McAtee on Clyde Van Dusen wins in 2:10.8
1929 On May - 18 johan N Block, aviation pioneer (Martinair/Transavia/Air Holland)
1930 On May - 18 barbara Goldsmith, New Rochelle, author (Little Gloria Happy At Last)
1930 On May - 18 joao Marcellino Arroyo, composer, dies at 68
1933 On May - 18 tennessee Valley Act (TVA) Act signed by FDR, to build dams
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