Historical Events In May - 18

1913  On this day in history otto Reubke, composer, dies at 70   

1914  On this day in history 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  Leon Shenandoah, native American leader on this day in history.   

1916  US pilot Kiffin Rockwell shoots down German aircraft on this day in history.   

1917  On May - 18 uS passes Selective Service act   

1917  Satie/Massine/Picasso's ballet "Parade," premieres in Paris on May - 18.   

1917  On this day in history charles Wintour, journalist   

1918  Netherlands Indian Volksraad installed in Batavia on May - 18.   

1918  On this day in history the birth of Pope John Paul II, Head of the Catholic Church   

1918  On this day in history tNT explosion in chemical factory in Oakdale PA kills 200   

1918  Neth Indian Volksraad installed in Batavia on this day in history.   

1918  On May - 18 john Paul II, [Karol Wojtyla], 264th Roman Catholic pope (1978- )   

1918  On this day in history toivo Kuula, composer, dies at 34   

1919  On May - 18 margot Fonteyn, Surrey England, prima ballerina (Giselle)   

1920  On this day in history 46th Preakness: Clarence Kummer aboard Man o' War wins in 1:51.6   

1920  On this day in history john Paul II, [Karol Wojtyla], Poland, Pope (1978-2005)   

1921  On May - 18 anthony Epstein, FRS/pathologist   

1922  Dutch 2nd Chamber agrees to 48 hour work week (was 45 hours) on this day in history.   

1922  Dutch 2nd Chamber agrees to 48 hour work week (was 45 hrs) on this day in history.   

1922  Bill Macy, Revere Mass, actor (Walter-Maude, Oh! Calcutta) on this day in history.   

1923  On this day in history liam Sullivan, Jacksonville Ill, actor (Mapoy-Monroes)   

1924  On this day in history jack Whitaker, Phila Pa, sportscaster (ABC, CBS)   

1926  Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson vanished in Venice CA; She showed up a month later & said she had been kidnapped on May - 18.   

1926  On this day in history evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson vanished in Venice Calif She showed up a month later & said she had been kidnapped   

1927  Ritz Hotel opens in Boston on May - 18.   

1927  "Slide Lake" in Gros Ventre Wyoming collapses on this day in history.   

1927  On May - 18 richard Body, MP   

1928  On May - 18 g R Hall, nuclear scientist   

1929  55th Kentucky Derby: Linus McAtee on Clyde Van Dusen wins in 2:10.8 on this day in history.   

1929  Johan N Block, aviation pioneer (Martinair/Transavia/Air Holland) on this day in history.   

1930  On May - 18 barbara Goldsmith, New Rochelle, author (Little Gloria Happy At Last)   

1930  Joao Marcellino Arroyo, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1933  On this day in history 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 May - 18.   

1186  On May - 18 birth of konstantin of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod (d. 1218)   

1474  On May - 18 birth of isabella d'Este, Marquise of Mantua (d. 1539)   

1551  On May - 18 birth of domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter (d. 1486)   

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 this day in history john I, Pope (523-26), dies   

1160  On this day in history erik IX Helgi, [The Saint], King of Sweden, dies   

1401  On this day in history 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  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  Death of Ikeda Motosuke, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1559) on this day in history.