May 18th, 1699

Born on May 18th, 1699

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What happened on May 18th?

May 18th, 2005

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion publicly debuted at the Electronic Entertainment Expo.

May 18th, 2009

The Sri Lanka Army killed Velupillai Prabhakaran, the leader and founder of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, to bring an end to the 26-year Sri Lankan Civil War.

May 18th, 2006

The Parliament of Nepal unanimously voted to strip King Gyanendra of many of his powers.

May 18th, 1996

Ireland won the Eurovision song contest for the seventh time, the highest number of wins for any country before Sweden tied it in 2023.

May 18th, 1974

India conducted its first nuclear test explosion at Pokhran, the first confirmed nuclear test by a nation outside the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council.

May 18th, 1965

Eli Cohen, a spy who is credited with gathering significant intelligence used by Israel during the Six-Day War, was publicly hanged in Syria.

May 18th, 1955

Operation Passage to Freedom, the evacuation of 310,000 Vietnamese civilians, soldiers and non-Vietnamese members of the French Army from communist North Vietnam to South Vietnam following the end of the First Indochina War, ended.

May 18th, 1952

First Indochina War: Viet Minh forces overran a French and Laotian garrison at Muong Khoua, leaving only four survivors.

May 18th, 1944

The Soviet Union forcibly deported hundreds of thousands of Crimean Tatars to the Uzbek SSR and elsewhere in the country.

May 18th, 1936

In a crime that captivated Japan, Sada Abe (pictured) strangled her lover, cut off his genitals, and carried them around with her for several days until her arrest.

May 18th, 1933

U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an act establishing the Tennessee Valley Authority to stimulate the economic development of the Tennessee Valley, a region particularly impacted by the Great Depression.

May 18th, 1927

Disgruntled school board treasurer Andrew Kehoe set off explosives with timers and a rifle (aftermath pictured), causing the Bath School disaster in the Bath Consolidated School in Michigan, killing 44 people in the deadliest mass murder in a school in United States history.

May 18th, 1863

American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant led his Army of the Tennessee across the Big Black River in preparation for the Siege of Vicksburg.

May 18th, 1695

An earthquake measuring .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Ms7.8 struck Shanxi Province in northern China, resulting in at least 52,600 deaths.

May 18th, 1302

Armed insurrectionists massacred the occupying French garrison in Bruges, Flanders, killing approximately 2,000 people.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 18th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 18th?

84

Massimo Girotti

Italian actor (1918-2003)

*May 18th, 1918, Mogliano †January 5th, 2003, Rome

49

Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond

English patron of cricket (1701-1750)

*May 18th, 1701, Chichester †August 8th, 1750, Godalming

84

John Paul II

264th pope of the Catholic Church

*May 18th, 1920, Wadowice †April 2nd, 2005, Apostolic Palace

35

Megumi Taruno

Badminton player

*May 18th, 1988, Fukuoka Prefecture

74

Hermann Diels

German classical scholar (1848–1922)

*May 18th, 1848, Biebrich †June 4th, 1922, Dahlem

56

Heinz-Harald Frentzen

German racing driver

*May 18th, 1967, Mönchengladbach

97

Bertrand Russell

British philosopher and logician (1872–1970)

*May 18th, 1872, Trellech †February 2nd, 1970, Plas Penrhyn

71

Rigobert Günther

German historian of classical antiquity (1928-2000)

*May 18th, 1928, Magdeburg †April 2nd, 2000, Leipzig

31

Luke Black

Serbian singer-songwriter (born 1992)

*May 18th, 1992, Čačak

72

Ben Feringa

Dutch Nobel laureate in chemistry

*May 18th, 1951, Barger-Compascuum

78

Peter Grünberg

German physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (1939-2018)

*May 18th, 1939, Plzeň †April 7th, 2018, Jülich

52

Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow

Prussian lieutenant-general

*May 18th, 1782, Berlin †December 6th, 1834, Berlin

90

Robert Morse

American actor

*May 18th, 1931, Newton †April 20th, 2022, Los Angeles

61

Nathaniel Parker

British actor

*May 18th, 1962, London

86

Walter Gropius

German-American architect (1883–1969)

*May 18th, 1883, Berlin †July 5th, 1969, Boston

94

Frank Capra

Italian-born American film director (1897–1991)

*May 18th, 1897, Bisacquino †September 3rd, 1991, La Quinta

18

Alexandria Villaseñor

American climate activist

*May 18th, 2005, Davis

68

Chow Yun-fat

Hong Kong actor

*May 18th, 1955, Hong Kong

75

Ruđer Josip Bošković

Croat physicist

*May 18th, 1711, Dubrovnik †February 13th, 1787, Milan

68

Pierre Balmain

French fashion designer (1914–1982)

*May 18th, 1914, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne †June 29th, 1982, Neuilly-sur-Seine

Same year
Born in 1699

63

Françoise-Louise de Warens

Swiss baroness (1699-1762)

*March 31st, 1699, Vevey †July 29th, 1762, Chambéry

58

Osman III

Ottoman sultan

*January 2nd, 1699, Edirne †October 30th, 1757, Topkapı Palace

84

Johann Adolf Hasse

German composer, singer and teacher (1699-1783)

*March 25th, 1699, Bergedorf †December 16th, 1783, Venice

69

Joseph Ignaz Philipp von Hessen-Darmstadt

Roman Catholic bishop (1699-1768)

*January 13th, 1699, Brussels metropolitan area †August 20th, 1768, Plombières-les-Bains

62

Charles O'Brien, 6th Viscount Clare

Jacobite noble

*March 17th, 1699, Saint-Germain-en-Laye †September 9th, 1761, Montpellier

86

Hans Joachim von Zieten

Prussian general (1699-1786)

*May 14th, 1699, Fehrbellin †January 26th, 1786, Berlin

90

Étienne Jeaurat

Painter (1699-1789)

*February 9th, 1699, Paris †December 14th, 1789, Versailles

18

Anna Leszczyńska

Daughter of Stanislas Leszczynski, king of Poland

*May 25th, 1699, Trzebnica †June 20th, 1717, Zweibrücken

77

William Bowyer

18th-century English printer

*December 19th, 1699, London †November 13th, 1777, London

80

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

Painter from France (1699-1779)

*November 2nd, 1699, Paris †December 6th, 1779, Paris

46

Christian VI of Denmark

King of Denmark and Norway

*November 30th, 1699, Copenhagen Castle †August 6th, 1746, Hirschholm Palace

57

Maria Josepha of Austria

Queen of Poland

*December 8th, 1699, Hofburg Palace †November 17th, 1757, Dresden

82

Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal

Portuguese noble and diplomat (1699–1782)

*May 13th, 1699, Lisbon †May 8th, 1782, Pombal

54

Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff

German artist (1699-1753)

*February 17th, 1699, Krosno Odrzańskie †September 16th, 1753, Berlin

54

Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais

French admiral and colonial governor (1699-1753)

*February 11th, 1699, Saint-Malo †November 10th, 1753, Paris

68

Paul Gottlieb Werlhof

German physician

*March 24th, 1699, Helmstedt †July 26th, 1767, Hanover

63

Jakob Adlung

Organist

*January 14th, 1699, Bindersleben †July 5th, 1762, Erfurt

82

Friedrich Ludwig Abresch

Philologist

*December 29th, 1699, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe †January 1st, 1782, Zwolle

79

Leonardus Offerhaus

German university professor, author and historian (1699-1779)

*November 18th, 1699, Hamm †October 18th, 1779, Groningen

77

Johann Georg von Langen

German politician (1699-1776)

*March 22nd, 1699, Oberstadt †May 25th, 1776, Jægersborg

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