Historical Events In May - 18
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1991 USSR launches 2 cosmonauts to MIR space station on this day in history.
1991 Edwina Booth, actress (Trader Horn), dies of heart failure at 86 on this day in history.
1992 Supreme Court rules states could not force mentally unstable criminal defendants to take anti-psychotic drugs on May - 18.
1992 On May - 18 lawrence Welk, bandleader (L Welk Show), dies of pneumonia at 89
1993 On this day in history danish people vote in favor of ratifying the Maastricht Treaty
1993 On this day in history italian police arrest Mafia boss Benedetto "Nitto" Santapaola
1993 On this day in history heinrich Albertz, theologist/mayor of Berlin (1966-67), dies at 78
1994 On this day in history aC Milan wins Europe Cup 1 4-0 against Barcelona
1994 Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip on May - 18.
1994 On this day in history aC Milan wins Europe Cup 1: 4-0 against Barcelona
1995 On May - 18 alexander Gudonov, Russian dancer/actor (Witness), dies at 45
1996 On this day in history dermot O'Callaghan Grubb, prison governor, dies at 76
1998 On this day in history justice Department and 20 state attorneys general sue Microsoft, charging it illegally thwarted competition to protect and extend its monopoly on software.
2008 Joseph Pevney, American television director on May - 18.
2009 Sri Lankan Civil War: e LTTE are defeated by e Sri Lankan government, ending almo 26 years of fighting between e two sides on May - 18.
2013 On May - 18 rC Toulonnais defeat ASM Clermont Auvergne to win the rugby Heineken Cup final
2014 On May - 18 adam Scott overtakes Tiger Woods as the No. 1 ranked golfer in the world
2018 Santa Fe High School shooting; 17 year-old shooter kills 10 and injures 10 in Santa Fe, Texas on May - 18.
2018 Mexican Damojh airlines flight crashes near Havana airport, Cuba, killing 110 with just 3 survivors on May - 18.
2018 On May - 18 all of Chile's 34 Roman Catholic bishops offer their resignation to Pope Francis in wake of child sex scandal
2018 On this day in history k-pop boy band BTS release their album "Love Yourself: Tear", sells 135,000 first week
2018 On May - 18 cubana de Aviación Flight 972 crashes shortly after take-off near José Martà International Airport in Havana, killing 112 and leaving only one survivor.
2020 On this day in history uS President Donald Trump confirms he is taking controversial drug hydroxychloroquine against Covid-19
2020 The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs announces that nearly 1 million people are affected and at least 24 people have died in flash floods that have hit Beledweyne and Jowhar, Somalia on this day in history.
2020 In a historic move, the World Health Organization holds its annual World Health Assembly using video conferencing instead of in-person meetings on May - 18.
2021 On this day in history the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 is held in Rotterdam, Netherlands, after the cancellation of the 2020 contest due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2021 contest is won by Italian entrants MÃ¥neskin with the song "Zitti e buoni".[100]
2023 On May - 18 final Indiana Jones film "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" premieres at the Cannes Film Festival, starring Harrison Ford and Phoebe Waller-Bridge , directed by James Mangold and executive produced by Steven Spielberg and George Lucas
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