Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In May - 18

1882  On May - 18 birth of eduardo Fabini, composer   

1882  On May - 18 birth of babe Adams, American baseball player (d. 1968)   

1883  Walter Gropius, Berlin Germany, architect (Bauhaus school of design) was born on this day in history.   

1885  On this day in history birth of eurico Gaspar Dutra, president of Brazil (1945-50)   

1886  On this day in history birth of ole Windingstad, composer   

1887  On this day in history birth of ernst Wiechert, writer   

1889  On this day in history birth of g Gunnarson, writer   

1889  On May - 18 birth of thomas Midgley, American chemist and inventor (d. 1944)   

1891  On this day in history birth of rudolf Carnap, philosopher (German Logical Positivist)   

1896  On this day in history birth of walter Fitzgerald, Keyhan Devonport England   

1897  On this day in history birth of frank Capra, Ital, director (Its a Wonderful Life, Arsenic & Old Lace)   

1897  On this day in history birth of jack Raine, London England, actor (Quartet)   

1898  On this day in history birth of juan J Domenchina, Spanish poet/interpreter (sombra desterrada)   

1900  On May - 18 birth of sarah Miriam Peale, US, portrait painter (Gen Lafayette-1825)   

1901  On May - 18 birth of harry Robert Wilson, composer   

1901  On this day in history birth of henri-Pierre Sauguet, Bordeaux France, composer (La Chotte)   

1901  On this day in history birth of vincent du Vigneaud, US biochemist   

1902  On May - 18 birth of [Robert] Meredith Willson, Mason City Iowa, composer (Music Man)   

1903  On May - 18 birth of george E Stone, Lodz Poland, actor (Viva Villa, Last Mile)   

1904  On this day in history birth of jacob K Javits, (Sen-R-NY)   

1905  On this day in history birth of eric Zeisl, composer   

1905  Hedley Verity, cricketer (terrific slow lefty for England pre-WW II) was born on this day in history.   

1907  On May - 18 birth of clifford Curzon, London England, pianist (MacFarren Gold Medal)   

1907  On May - 18 birth of robley D Evans, nuclear physicist   

1907  On this day in history birth of carl Mydans, American photographer (d. 2004)   

1909  Fred Perry, English tennis star/commentator (Wimbledon, 1934-36) was born on May - 18.   

1910  Arthur van Schendel, Dutch art historian was born on this day in history.   

1911  Joe Turner, KC, blues singer (Corrine Corrina, Shake Rattle & Roll) was born on this day in history.   

1911  Lord Hartwell was born on this day in history.   

1911  Sigrid Gurie, Brooklyn NY, actor (Algiers, Sofia, Refugee) was born on May - 18.   

1912  Georg von Opel, German auto manufacturer was born on this day in history.   

1912  Perry Como, [Pierino], Canonsburg Pa, singer/TV (Perry Como Show) was born on May - 18.   

1912  Richard Brooks, Phila, director (Blackboard Jungle, In Cold Blood) was born on this day in history.   

1913  On May - 18 birth of charles Trenet, French singer and songwriter (d. 2001)   

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

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

1401  On May - 18 death of wÅ‚adysÅ‚aw Opolczyk (German: Ladislaus von Oppel, count palatine of Hungary 1367-1372, governor of Halych-Volhynia 1372   

1410  On this day in history ruprecht, Roman catholics German king, dies   

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

1550  On this day in history death of john, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (b. 1498)   

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

1584  Death of Ikeda Motosuke, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1559) on this day in history.