Historical Events In May - 18

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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1048  Omar Khayyám, Persian mathematician, poet and philosopher (d. 1131) was born on this day in history.   

1186  On this day in history birth of konstantin of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod (d. 1218)   

1474  On this day in history birth of isabella d'Este, Marquise of Mantua (d. 1539)   

1551  Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter (d. 1486) was born on May - 18.   

1610  Stefano della Bella, Italian printmaker (d. 1664) was born on this day in history.   

1662  George Smalridge, English bishop of Bristol (d. 1719) was born on this day in history.   

1692  Joseph Butler, Wantage Berkshire, theologian was born on this day in history.   

1711  Ruggiero G Boscovich, [Rudzer J Boskovic], Italian astronomer was born on this day in history.   

0526  On May - 18 john I, Pope (523-26), dies   

1160  Erik IX Helgi, [The Saint], King of Sweden, dies on May - 18.   

1401  Death of WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw Opolczyk (German: Ladislaus von Oppel, count palatine of Hungary 1367-1372, governor of Halych-Volhynia 1372 on May - 18.   

1410  Ruprecht, Roman catholics German king, dies on this day in history.   

1450  On May - 18 death of sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1397)   

1550  Death of John, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (b. 1498) on this day in history.   

1551  On this day in history death of domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter (d. 1486)   

1584  On this day in history death of ikeda Motosuke, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1559)