May 18th, 1702

Born on May 18th, 1702

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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, 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.

May 18th, 1993

Riots in Nørrebro, Copenhagen, caused by the approval of the four Danish exceptions in the Maastricht Treaty referendum. Police open fire against civilians for the first time since World War II and injure 11 demonstrators.

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

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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

36

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

57

Heinz-Harald Frentzen

German racing driver

*May 18th, 1967, Mönchengladbach

71

Rigobert Günther

German historian of classical antiquity (1928-2000)

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

32

Luke Black

Serbian singer-songwriter (born 1992)

*May 18th, 1992, Čačak

97

Bertrand Russell

British philosopher and logician (1872–1970)

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

73

Ben Feringa

Dutch Nobel laureate in chemistry

*May 18th, 1951, Barger-Compascuum

52

Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow

Prussian lieutenant-general

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

78

Peter Grünberg

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

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

68

Pierre Balmain

French fashion designer (1914–1982)

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

90

Robert Morse

American actor

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

92

Toulo de Graffenried

Racecar driver (1914-2007)

*May 18th, 1914, Paris †January 22nd, 2007, Lonay

86

Walter Gropius

German-American architect (1883–1969)

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

62

Nathaniel Parker

British actor

*May 18th, 1962, London

60

Joseph Butler

English bishop and philosopher (1692–1752)

*May 18th, 1692, Wantage †June 16th, 1752, Bath

26

Polina Edmunds

American figure skater

*May 18th, 1998, Santa Clara

94

Frank Capra

Italian-born American film director (1897–1991)

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

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55

Carlo Ginori

Italian noble, politician and entrapreneur (1702-1757)

*January 7th, 1702, Florence †April 11th, 1757, Livorno

59

Michał Kazimierz "Rybeńko" Radziwiłł

Polish-Lithuanian noble (1702-1762)

*June 13th, 1702, Olyka †May 15th, 1762, Niasviž

86

Jack Broughton

British boxer

*November 30th, 1702, London †January 8th, 1789, London

70

Enrique Flórez

Spanish historian

*July 21st, 1702, Valladolid †May 5th, 1773, Madrid

84

Philipp Ernst Lüders

Danish economist

*January 1st, 1702, Langballig †January 1st, 1786

49

Philip Doddridge

English Nonconformist leader, educator, and hymnwriter

*June 26th, 1702, London †October 26th, 1751, Lisbon

35

Nakamikado

Emperor of Japan

*January 14th, 1702, Kyoto †May 10th, 1737, Kyoto

45

Muhammad Shah

Mughal emperor of India

*August 17th, 1702, Fatehpur Sikri †April 26th, 1748, Red Fort

67

Prince Joseph Friedrich Ernst I, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1715–1769)

*May 24th, 1702, Sigmaringen †December 8th, 1769, Haigerloch

70

Ehrenreich Gerhard Coldewey

German archivist

*August 7th, 1702, Oldenburg †May 14th, 1773, Aurich

82

Karl Maximilian, Prince of Dietrichstein

German prince

*April 28th, 1702, Brno †October 24th, 1784, Mikulov

77

Hermann Werner Asseburg

17 Feb 1702 Paderborn - 21 Jun 1779 Hinnenburg

*February 17th, 1702, Paderborn †July 21st, 1779, Schloss Hinnenburg

74

Johann Adam von Ickstatt

German educator

*January 6th, 1702, Vockenhausen †August 17th, 1776, Waldsassen

70

Johann Friedrich Gühling

German author and theologian (1702-1772)

*March 5th, 1702, Chemnitz †May 12th, 1772, Chemnitz

61

Frederick Augustus Rutowsky

German general

*June 19th, 1702, Warsaw †March 16th, 1764, Pillnitz

64

Joseph Aved

French painter (1702-1766)

*January 12th, 1702, Douai †March 4th, 1766, Paris

21

Frederica Henriette of Anhalt-Bernburg

Princess of Anhalt-Köthen

*January 24th, 1702, Bernburg †April 4th, 1723, Köthen

84

Prince Joseph of Saxe-Hildburghausen

German prince

*October 8th, 1702, Hildburghausen †January 14th, 1787, Hildburghausen

62

Count Friedrich Wilhelm von Haugwitz

Austrian politician (1702-1765)

*December 11th, 1702, Chróstnik †August 30th, 1765, Miroslavské Knínice

67

Dietrich of Anhalt-Dessau

German prince and regent

*August 2nd, 1702, Dessau †December 2nd, 1769, Dessau

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