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| Birthday May 18, 1830 Karl Goldmark, Hungarian composer |
| Birthday May 18, 1836 Wilhelm Steinitz, of Austria, world chess champion (1866-94) |
| Birthday May 18, 1850 Oliver Heaviside, physicist predicted existance of ionosphere |
| Birthday May 18, 1865 William Heinemann, English publisher |
| Birthday May 18, 1868 Nicholas II, the last Russian tsar (1894-1917) |
| Birthday May 18, 1872 Bertrand Russell, British mathematician, philosopher (Nobel 1950) |
| Birthday May 18, 1883 Walter Gropius, German Bauhaus architect |
| Birthday May 18, 1885 Eurico Gaspar Dutra, president of Brazil (1945-50) |
| Birthday May 18, 1891 Rudolf Carnap, German Logical Positivist philosopher |
| Birthday May 18, 1900 Sarah Miriam Peale, American portrait painter |
| Birthday May 18, 1902 Meredith Willson, musician-composer (The Music Man) |
| Birthday May 18, 1904 Jacob K. Javits, (R), NY Sen |
| Birthday May 18, 1912 Perry Como, singer |
| Birthday May 18, 1917 Dame Margot Fonteyn, English ballerina |
| Birthday May 18, 1918 John Paul II, 264th Roman Catholic pope (1978-, ) |
| Birthday May 18, 1922 Bill Macy, Actor |
| Birthday May 18, 1930 Pernell Roberts, Actor (Adam Cartwright, Trapper John) |
| Birthday May 18, 1946 Reggie Jackson, (Yankees, A's) |
| Birthday May 18, 1950 Rodney Milburn, Jr., hurdler |
| Birthday May 18, 1956 Sugar Ray Leonard, boxer |
| History May 18, 1593 Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe |
| History May 18, 1756 England decares war on France |
| History May 18, 1783 United Empire Loyalists reach Canada |
| History May 18, 1804 Napoleon became Emperor of France |
| History May 18, 1860 Lincoln nominated for presidency |
| History May 18, 1861 Newspaper report criticizes Mrs. Lincoln |
| History May 18, 1863 The siege of Vicksburg commences |
| History May 18, 1871 Chief Satanta massacres teamsters |
| History May 18, 1896 Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson |
| History May 18, 1897 NY Giant William Joyce sets record of 4 triples in 1 game |
| History May 18, 1899 World Good-Will Day - 26 nations meet in 1st Hague Peace Conference |
| History May 18, 1910 Passage of Earth through tail of Halley's Comet causes near-panic |
| History May 18, 1917 U.S. Congress passes Selective Service Act |
| History May 18, 1917 US passes Selective Service act |
| History May 18, 1926 Popular evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears |
| History May 18, 1933 TVA Act signed by FDR |
| History May 18, 1943 Hitler gives the order for Operation Alaric |
| History May 18, 1944 Polish Corps takes Monte Cassino |
| History May 18, 1951 UN moves HQ to NYC |
| History May 18, 1953 1st woman pilot faster than speed of sound (Jacqueline Cochran) |
| History May 18, 1958 Lotus makes Formula One debut |
| History May 18, 1966 Laird charges |
| History May 18, 1969 Communists attack Xuan Loc |
| History May 18, 1969 Apollo 10 launched toward lunar orbit |
| History May 18, 1974 India becomes 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb |
| History May 18, 1974 India joins the nuclear club |
| History May 18, 1980 Mount St. Helens erupts |
| History May 18, 1980 Ian Curtis of Joy Division commits suicide |
| History May 18, 1980 Mt St Helens blows its top in Washington State |
| History May 18, 1980 Mount St. Helens erupts |
| History May 18, 1989 One million protesters take to the streets in Beijing |
| History May 18, 2001 Shrek released |
| History May 18, 2004 Randy Johnson throws perfect game at 40 |
| History May 18, 2012 Facebook raises $16 billion in largest tech IPO in U.S. history |