A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on May 18 throughout history.
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After 100 years of Crusader control, the last Crusader stronghold of Acre is reconquered and destroyed by the Mamluks under Sultan al-Ashraf Khalil
Napoléon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of France by the French Senate
Khodynka Tragedy: A stampeding crowd on Khodynka Field, Moscow, during the coronation festivities for Russian Tsar Nicholas II, causes the deaths of an estimated 1,300 people
India becomes the sixth nation to detonate an atomic bomb
Eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington state triggers the largest landslide in history, killing 57 people and causing over $1 billion in damage
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam are defeated by the Sri Lankan government, ending the Sri Lankan Civil War and almost 26 years of fighting between the two sides
Grauman's Chinese Theatre, known as the Chinese colloquially, and officially branded as the TCL Chinese Theatre for sponsorship reasons, is a movie palace on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the…
"Millennium" 3rd studio album by the Backstreet Boys is released - one of the best-selling albums of all time with over 30 million copies sold
Edmonton right wing Jari Kurri sets a record for scoring in a Stanley Cup Finals game with 3 goals and 2 assists in a 7-2 win at Boston Garden
Eleanor of Aquitaine marries Henri of Anjou, handing the future King Henry II of England most of France, allowing future kings of England to claim France for centuries thereafter
Anne of Brittany (Breton: Anna; 25/26 January 1477 – 9 January 1514) was reigning Duchess of Brittany from 1488 until her death, and Queen of France from 1491 to 1498 and from 1499 to her death.
English rock guitarist Ritchie Blackmore (19) weds German girl Margrit Volkmar (19); divorce in 1969
Lisa Strawberry files for divorce from husband and MLB player Darryl Strawberry, finalizing the process in 1993
The Worms massacre was the murder of at least 800 to 1,000 Jews from Worms, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany), during the events of the First Crusade (More precisely by the People's Crusade) under...
The Principality of Antioch, a crusader state, falls to the Mamluk Sultan Baibars in the Battle of Antioch
The Matins of Bruges (Dutch: Brugse Metten) was the nocturnal massacre of the French garrison in Bruges and their Leliaards supporters, a political faction in favour of French rule, on 18 May 1302 by...
Turkish Armada arrives to begin the Great Siege of Malta, aiming to establish the island as their gateway for the conquest of Europe
Dutch explorer Willem Barents sets off from Amsterdam on his third expedition to try to find a Northwest passage through the Arctic
The Massachusetts Bay Colony (1628–1691), more formally the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, was an English settlement on the east coast of North America around Massachusetts Bay, one of the several...
Rhode Island ( ROHD) is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.
Dutch and English troops occupy Cologne
The Seven Years' War, 1756 to 1763, was a global war fought by numerous great powers, primarily in Europe, with significant subsidiary campaigns in North America and the Indian subcontinent.
Fire destroys a large part of Montreal, Quebec
Saint John is a seaport city located on the Bay of Fundy in the province of New Brunswick, Canada.
Battle of Tourcoing; French Republican army defeats a Habsburg coalition bear Lille, France, during War of the First Coalition
"Peace of Amiens" between French Republic and Great Britain ends as Britain declares war on France, due to France's imperialist policies in the West Indies, Italy, and Switzerland
Battle of Las Piedras: The first great military triumph of the revolution of the Río de la Plata in Uruguay lead by Jose Artigas
Edwin Budding of England signs an agreement for the manufacture of his invention, a lawn mower. Saturdays are destroyed forever
The Free Church of Scotland is a Scottish denomination which was formed in 1843 by a large withdrawal from the established Church of Scotland in a schism known as the Disruption of 1843.
The Mexican–American War, also known in the United States as the Mexican War and in Mexico as the United States intervention in Mexico, (April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848) was an invasion of Mexico...
The Frankfurt National Assembly (German: Frankfurter Nationalversammlung) was the first freely elected parliament for all German states, including the German-populated areas of the Austrian Empire,...
Amsterdam-Nieuwediep telegraph connection linked
Massachusetts rules all school-age children must attend school
Battle of Sewall's Point, Virginia: First Union offensive action against Confederate forces
Battle of Yellow Bayou, Louisiana (Bayou de Glaize, Old Oaks)
Netherlands government of Isaäc Dignus Fransen De Putte resigns
Robert Tanner Freeman is 1st African American to graduate from Harvard Dental School
Emmanuel Chabrier's opera "Le roi malgré lui" (King, in spite of himself) premieres at the Opéra-Comique in Paris; after 3 performances the theatre burns down
World Goodwill Day: 26 nations meet at the First Hague Peace Conference
A protectorate, in the context of international relations, is a state or dependent territory that has willingly given up its foreign policy and international identity to another state for defence,...
In Morocco, a brigand, Raizuli, kidnaps Ion H. Perdicaris, an American citizen
Maurits Binger establishes two Dutch movie companies
The Easter Rising, also known as the Easter Rebellion, was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week in April 1916.
Parade is a ballet choreographed by Leonide Massine, with music by Erik Satie and a one-act scenario by Jean Cocteau. The ballet was composed in 1916–17 for Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes.
Dutch Indian Volksraad installed in Batavia
Dutch 2nd Chamber agrees to 48 hour work week (was 45 hrs)
On May 18, 1926, American Christian evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappeared from Venice Beach, California, after going for a swim.
The Bath School disaster was a series of violent attacks perpetrated by Andrew Kehoe upon the Bath Consolidated School in Bath Township, Michigan, United States, on May 18, 1927.
MLB record 50 runs for a doubleheader: Brooklyn Robins beat Philadelphia Phillies, 20-16 in first game, Phillies win 8-6 in nightcap, at the Baker Bowl in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Around 5,000 forced deportees in the Soviet Union arrive on Nazino Island; within thirteen weeks most of them will be dead due to disease, cannibalism and violence
Trans-Word Airlines (TWA) begins commercial service
For most of its history, what is today Belgium was either a part of a larger territory, such as the medieval Carolingian Empire, or was divided into a number of smaller states.
The Italian colonial empire (Italian: Impero coloniale italiano), sometimes known as the Italian Empire (Impero italiano), was a colonial empire that existed between 1882 and 1960.
NYC ends night baseball games for rest of WW II
The Allied invasion of Sicily, also known as the Battle of Sicily and Operation Husky, was a major campaign of World War II in which Allied forces invaded the Italian island of Sicily in July 1943...
Expulsion of more than 200,000 Tartars from Crimea by Soviet Union begins, they are accused of collaborating with the Germans
MLB Detroit Tigers & Philadelphia A's both have 7 straight games postponed due to rain
MLB Philadelphia A's catcher Warren Rosar catches his 147th game without an error
Arab Legion captures fort on Mt Scopus during Arab-Israeli war
Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America incorporates
MLB St. Louis Cardinals baseman Tommy Glaviano makes 3 consecutive errors on grounders
US General Collins predicts use of atom bomb in Korea
American Jacqueline Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier
28.7 cm rain falls at Lake Maloya New Mexico (state record)
Mátyás Rákosi was a Hungarian communist politician who was the de facto leader of Hungary from 1948 to 1956.
11th Cannes Film Festival: "The Cranes Are Flying" directed by Mikhail Kalatozov wins the Palme d'Or
Johnny Otis (December 28, 1921 – January 17, 2012), born Ioannis Alexandres Veliotes, was an American singer, musician, composer, bandleader, record producer, talent scout, and preacher.
Eillen Fulton begins playing Lisa on As the World Turns (for almost 30 yrs)
14th Cannes Film Festival: "The Long Absence" directed by Henri Colpi and "Viridiana" directed by Luis Bunuel jointly awarded the Palme d'Or
"If You Wanna Be Happy" is a 1963 song recorded by Jimmy Soul, written by Rafael de Leon and adapted by Joseph Royster, Carmella Guida and Frank Guida.
Silver hits a record $1.60 an ounce in London
The Space Race was a 20th-century competition between the Cold War rivals, the United States and the Soviet Union, to achieve superior spaceflight capability.
Let It Be is the twelfth and final studio album by the English rock band the Beatles.
A constitution, or supreme law, is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organization or other type of entity, and commonly...
"Me and The Chimp" an American TV sitcom last airs on CBS in the US
Abortion in Italy became legal in May 1978, when Italian women were allowed to terminate a pregnancy on request during the first 12 weeks and 6 days (90 days).
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north,...
Tigers outfielder Larry Herndon is 14th to hit 4 consecutive HRs
Senate revises immigration laws, gives millions of illegal aliens legal status under an amnesty program
Nightline (or ABC News Nightline) is ABC News' late-night television news program broadcast on ABC in the United States with a franchised formula to other networks and stations elsewhere in the...
Chung Kwung Ying does 2,750 "atomic" hand-stand push-ups
In just Oakland's 39th of the season, pitcher Dave Stewart breaks record with his 12th balk en route to 16
"Laugh-In" comedienne arrested at JFK airport in New York on an 11-year-old drug warrant
France performs nuclear test at Mururoa Atoll
45th Cannes Film Festival: "Den goda viljan" directed by Bille August wins the Palme d'Or
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia.
WIBC Bowling Queens won by Sandra Postma
Lisa Wagner is a retired professional ten-pin bowler who competed on the Professional Women's Bowling Association (PWBA) Tour from 1980 through 2001.
The New Amsterdam Theatre is a Broadway theater at 214 West 42nd Street, at the southern end of Times Square, in the Theater District of Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S.
United States of America v. Microsoft Corporation, 253 F.3d 34 (D.C. Cir. 2001), was a landmark American antitrust law case at the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
-year-old Harold Stilson becomes oldest golfer to record a hole-in-one when he aces the 108-yard, par-3, 16th hole at Deerfield CC, FL
Micky Ward beats Arturo Gatti by majority decision in a junior welterweight boxing bout in Uncasville, Connecticut; 'The Ring' Fight of the Year; first fight in their legendary trilogy
Arizona Diamondbacks' Randy Johnson becomes 16th pitcher to throw a perfect game (2-0 vs Atlanta)
The post Loktantra Andolan government passes a landmark bill curtailing the power of the monarchy and making Nepal a secular country
Police officer James Crooker is asked to leave the Red and Black Café in Portland, Oregon after co-owner John Langley claimed Crooker's uniformed presence made him uncomfortable
Rugby Club Toulonnais, also referred to as Rugby Club Toulon or simply Toulon, is a French professional rugby union club based in Toulon and competing in the Top 14.
Swiss voters reject a $25 per hour minimum wage
India records the highest recorded daily COVID-19 death toll to date in the world with 4,529 deaths
people called Kyle gather in Kyle, Texas, attempting to break the record for a gathering of people with the same name (record is 2,325 Ivans 2017) [1]
Centrist mayor of Bucharest and former mathematics professor Nicusor Dan wins the presidential election in Romania over hard-right nationalist and pro-Russian candidate George Simion
Nicholas II is born
Frank Capra, American italian-born american film director, known for italian-born american film director, was born on 1897-05-18.
Yun Fat Chow hong kong actor, known for hong kong actor, was born on 1956-05-18. Chow Yun-fat SBS, previously known as Donald Chow, is a Hong Kong actor and filmmaker.
Tina Fey, American actress and comedian, known for american actress and comedian, was born on 1971-05-18. Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey is an American actress, comedian, writer, and producer.
George Strait musician, known for american country music singer, was born on 1953-05-18. George Harvey Strait Sr. is an American country music singer, songwriter, actor, music producer, and rancher.
Fred Perry, British athlete, known for british tennis player, was born on 1909-05-18.
Brooks Robinson athlete, known for american baseball player, was born on 1937-05-18. Brooks Calbert Robinson Jr.
Reggie Jackson, American athlete, known for american baseball player and coach, was born on 1947-05-18.
Jari Kurri, Finnish athlete, known for finnish ice hockey player, was born on 1961-05-18. Jari Pekka Kurri is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player.
Yannick Noah, French athlete, known for french former tennis player and pop singer, was born on 1961-05-18.
Gustav Mahler, German austro-bohemian composer and conductor, known for austro-bohemian composer and conductor, died on 1911-05-18.
Jeannette Rankin, American first woman elected to u.s. congress, known for first woman elected to u.s. congress, died on 1973-05-18.
Raymond Gosling, British physicist, known for british physicist, died on 2015-05-18. Raymond George Gosling (15 July 1926 – 18 May 2015) was a British scientist.
The Worms massacre was the murder of at least 800 to 1,000 Jews from Worms, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany), during the events of the First Crusade (More precisely by the People's Crusade) under...
Eleanor of Aquitaine marries Henri of Anjou, handing the future King Henry II of England most of France, allowing future kings of England to claim France for centuries thereafter
The Principality of Antioch, a crusader state, falls to the Mamluk Sultan Baibars in the Battle of Antioch
After 100 years of Crusader control, the last Crusader stronghold of Acre is reconquered and destroyed by the Mamluks under Sultan al-Ashraf Khalil
The Matins of Bruges (Dutch: Brugse Metten) was the nocturnal massacre of the French garrison in Bruges and their Leliaards supporters, a political faction in favour of French rule, on 18 May 1302 by...
Anne of Brittany (Breton: Anna; 25/26 January 1477 – 9 January 1514) was reigning Duchess of Brittany from 1488 until her death, and Queen of France from 1491 to 1498 and from 1499 to her death.
Turkish Armada arrives to begin the Great Siege of Malta, aiming to establish the island as their gateway for the conquest of Europe
Dutch explorer Willem Barents sets off from Amsterdam on his third expedition to try to find a Northwest passage through the Arctic
The Massachusetts Bay Colony (1628–1691), more formally the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, was an English settlement on the east coast of North America around Massachusetts Bay, one of the several...
Rhode Island ( ROHD) is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.
Dutch and English troops occupy Cologne
The Seven Years' War, 1756 to 1763, was a global war fought by numerous great powers, primarily in Europe, with significant subsidiary campaigns in North America and the Indian subcontinent.
Fire destroys a large part of Montreal, Quebec
Saint John is a seaport city located on the Bay of Fundy in the province of New Brunswick, Canada.
Battle of Tourcoing; French Republican army defeats a Habsburg coalition bear Lille, France, during War of the First Coalition
"Peace of Amiens" between French Republic and Great Britain ends as Britain declares war on France, due to France's imperialist policies in the West Indies, Italy, and Switzerland
Napoléon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of France by the French Senate
Battle of Las Piedras: The first great military triumph of the revolution of the Río de la Plata in Uruguay lead by Jose Artigas
Edwin Budding of England signs an agreement for the manufacture of his invention, a lawn mower. Saturdays are destroyed forever
The Free Church of Scotland is a Scottish denomination which was formed in 1843 by a large withdrawal from the established Church of Scotland in a schism known as the Disruption of 1843.
The Mexican–American War, also known in the United States as the Mexican War and in Mexico as the United States intervention in Mexico, (April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848) was an invasion of Mexico...
The Frankfurt National Assembly (German: Frankfurter Nationalversammlung) was the first freely elected parliament for all German states, including the German-populated areas of the Austrian Empire,...
Amsterdam-Nieuwediep telegraph connection linked
Massachusetts rules all school-age children must attend school
Battle of Sewall's Point, Virginia: First Union offensive action against Confederate forces
Battle of Yellow Bayou, Louisiana (Bayou de Glaize, Old Oaks)
Netherlands government of Isaäc Dignus Fransen De Putte resigns
Nicholas II is born
Robert Tanner Freeman is 1st African American to graduate from Harvard Dental School
Emmanuel Chabrier's opera "Le roi malgré lui" (King, in spite of himself) premieres at the Opéra-Comique in Paris; after 3 performances the theatre burns down
Khodynka Tragedy: A stampeding crowd on Khodynka Field, Moscow, during the coronation festivities for Russian Tsar Nicholas II, causes the deaths of an estimated 1,300 people
Frank Capra, American italian-born american film director, known for italian-born american film director, was born on 1897-05-18.
World Goodwill Day: 26 nations meet at the First Hague Peace Conference
A protectorate, in the context of international relations, is a state or dependent territory that has willingly given up its foreign policy and international identity to another state for defence,...
In Morocco, a brigand, Raizuli, kidnaps Ion H. Perdicaris, an American citizen
Fred Perry, British athlete, known for british tennis player, was born on 1909-05-18.
Gustav Mahler, German austro-bohemian composer and conductor, known for austro-bohemian composer and conductor, died on 1911-05-18.
Maurits Binger establishes two Dutch movie companies
The Easter Rising, also known as the Easter Rebellion, was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week in April 1916.
Parade is a ballet choreographed by Leonide Massine, with music by Erik Satie and a one-act scenario by Jean Cocteau. The ballet was composed in 1916–17 for Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes.
Dutch Indian Volksraad installed in Batavia
Dutch 2nd Chamber agrees to 48 hour work week (was 45 hrs)
On May 18, 1926, American Christian evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappeared from Venice Beach, California, after going for a swim.
Grauman's Chinese Theatre, known as the Chinese colloquially, and officially branded as the TCL Chinese Theatre for sponsorship reasons, is a movie palace on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the…
The Bath School disaster was a series of violent attacks perpetrated by Andrew Kehoe upon the Bath Consolidated School in Bath Township, Michigan, United States, on May 18, 1927.
MLB record 50 runs for a doubleheader: Brooklyn Robins beat Philadelphia Phillies, 20-16 in first game, Phillies win 8-6 in nightcap, at the Baker Bowl in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Around 5,000 forced deportees in the Soviet Union arrive on Nazino Island; within thirteen weeks most of them will be dead due to disease, cannibalism and violence
Trans-Word Airlines (TWA) begins commercial service
Brooks Robinson athlete, known for american baseball player, was born on 1937-05-18. Brooks Calbert Robinson Jr.
For most of its history, what is today Belgium was either a part of a larger territory, such as the medieval Carolingian Empire, or was divided into a number of smaller states.
The Italian colonial empire (Italian: Impero coloniale italiano), sometimes known as the Italian Empire (Impero italiano), was a colonial empire that existed between 1882 and 1960.
NYC ends night baseball games for rest of WW II
The Allied invasion of Sicily, also known as the Battle of Sicily and Operation Husky, was a major campaign of World War II in which Allied forces invaded the Italian island of Sicily in July 1943...
Expulsion of more than 200,000 Tartars from Crimea by Soviet Union begins, they are accused of collaborating with the Germans
MLB Detroit Tigers & Philadelphia A's both have 7 straight games postponed due to rain
MLB Philadelphia A's catcher Warren Rosar catches his 147th game without an error
Reggie Jackson, American athlete, known for american baseball player and coach, was born on 1947-05-18.
Arab Legion captures fort on Mt Scopus during Arab-Israeli war
Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America incorporates
MLB St. Louis Cardinals baseman Tommy Glaviano makes 3 consecutive errors on grounders
US General Collins predicts use of atom bomb in Korea
American Jacqueline Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier
George Strait musician, known for american country music singer, was born on 1953-05-18. George Harvey Strait Sr. is an American country music singer, songwriter, actor, music producer, and rancher.
28.7 cm rain falls at Lake Maloya New Mexico (state record)
Mátyás Rákosi was a Hungarian communist politician who was the de facto leader of Hungary from 1948 to 1956.
Yun Fat Chow hong kong actor, known for hong kong actor, was born on 1956-05-18. Chow Yun-fat SBS, previously known as Donald Chow, is a Hong Kong actor and filmmaker.
11th Cannes Film Festival: "The Cranes Are Flying" directed by Mikhail Kalatozov wins the Palme d'Or
Johnny Otis (December 28, 1921 – January 17, 2012), born Ioannis Alexandres Veliotes, was an American singer, musician, composer, bandleader, record producer, talent scout, and preacher.
Eillen Fulton begins playing Lisa on As the World Turns (for almost 30 yrs)
14th Cannes Film Festival: "The Long Absence" directed by Henri Colpi and "Viridiana" directed by Luis Bunuel jointly awarded the Palme d'Or
Jari Kurri, Finnish athlete, known for finnish ice hockey player, was born on 1961-05-18. Jari Pekka Kurri is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player.
Yannick Noah, French athlete, known for french former tennis player and pop singer, was born on 1961-05-18.
"If You Wanna Be Happy" is a 1963 song recorded by Jimmy Soul, written by Rafael de Leon and adapted by Joseph Royster, Carmella Guida and Frank Guida.
English rock guitarist Ritchie Blackmore (19) weds German girl Margrit Volkmar (19); divorce in 1969
Silver hits a record $1.60 an ounce in London
The Space Race was a 20th-century competition between the Cold War rivals, the United States and the Soviet Union, to achieve superior spaceflight capability.
Let It Be is the twelfth and final studio album by the English rock band the Beatles.
A constitution, or supreme law, is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organization or other type of entity, and commonly...
Tina Fey, American actress and comedian, known for american actress and comedian, was born on 1971-05-18. Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey is an American actress, comedian, writer, and producer.
"Me and The Chimp" an American TV sitcom last airs on CBS in the US
Jeannette Rankin, American first woman elected to u.s. congress, known for first woman elected to u.s. congress, died on 1973-05-18.
India becomes the sixth nation to detonate an atomic bomb
Abortion in Italy became legal in May 1978, when Italian women were allowed to terminate a pregnancy on request during the first 12 weeks and 6 days (90 days).
Eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington state triggers the largest landslide in history, killing 57 people and causing over $1 billion in damage
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north,...
Tigers outfielder Larry Herndon is 14th to hit 4 consecutive HRs
Senate revises immigration laws, gives millions of illegal aliens legal status under an amnesty program
Nightline (or ABC News Nightline) is ABC News' late-night television news program broadcast on ABC in the United States with a franchised formula to other networks and stations elsewhere in the...
Chung Kwung Ying does 2,750 "atomic" hand-stand push-ups
In just Oakland's 39th of the season, pitcher Dave Stewart breaks record with his 12th balk en route to 16
Lisa Strawberry files for divorce from husband and MLB player Darryl Strawberry, finalizing the process in 1993
Edmonton right wing Jari Kurri sets a record for scoring in a Stanley Cup Finals game with 3 goals and 2 assists in a 7-2 win at Boston Garden
"Laugh-In" comedienne arrested at JFK airport in New York on an 11-year-old drug warrant
France performs nuclear test at Mururoa Atoll
45th Cannes Film Festival: "Den goda viljan" directed by Bille August wins the Palme d'Or
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia.
WIBC Bowling Queens won by Sandra Postma
Lisa Wagner is a retired professional ten-pin bowler who competed on the Professional Women's Bowling Association (PWBA) Tour from 1980 through 2001.
The New Amsterdam Theatre is a Broadway theater at 214 West 42nd Street, at the southern end of Times Square, in the Theater District of Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S.
United States of America v. Microsoft Corporation, 253 F.3d 34 (D.C. Cir. 2001), was a landmark American antitrust law case at the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
"Millennium" 3rd studio album by the Backstreet Boys is released - one of the best-selling albums of all time with over 30 million copies sold
-year-old Harold Stilson becomes oldest golfer to record a hole-in-one when he aces the 108-yard, par-3, 16th hole at Deerfield CC, FL
Micky Ward beats Arturo Gatti by majority decision in a junior welterweight boxing bout in Uncasville, Connecticut; 'The Ring' Fight of the Year; first fight in their legendary trilogy
Arizona Diamondbacks' Randy Johnson becomes 16th pitcher to throw a perfect game (2-0 vs Atlanta)
The post Loktantra Andolan government passes a landmark bill curtailing the power of the monarchy and making Nepal a secular country
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam are defeated by the Sri Lankan government, ending the Sri Lankan Civil War and almost 26 years of fighting between the two sides
Police officer James Crooker is asked to leave the Red and Black Café in Portland, Oregon after co-owner John Langley claimed Crooker's uniformed presence made him uncomfortable
Rugby Club Toulonnais, also referred to as Rugby Club Toulon or simply Toulon, is a French professional rugby union club based in Toulon and competing in the Top 14.
Swiss voters reject a $25 per hour minimum wage
Raymond Gosling, British physicist, known for british physicist, died on 2015-05-18. Raymond George Gosling (15 July 1926 – 18 May 2015) was a British scientist.
India records the highest recorded daily COVID-19 death toll to date in the world with 4,529 deaths
people called Kyle gather in Kyle, Texas, attempting to break the record for a gathering of people with the same name (record is 2,325 Ivans 2017) [1]
Centrist mayor of Bucharest and former mathematics professor Nicusor Dan wins the presidential election in Romania over hard-right nationalist and pro-Russian candidate George Simion