May 18th, 1713

Born on May 18th, 1713

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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

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

84

Massimo Girotti

Italian actor (1918-2003)

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

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

52

Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow

Prussian lieutenant-general

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

73

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

75

Ruđer Josip Bošković

Croat physicist

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

49

Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond

English patron of cricket (1701-1750)

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

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

62

Nathaniel Parker

British actor

*May 18th, 1962, London

86

Walter Gropius

German-American architect (1883–1969)

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

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

19

Alexandria Villaseñor

American climate activist

*May 18th, 2005, Davis

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70

Denis Diderot

French Enlightenment philosopher writer and encyclopædist (1713–1784)

*October 5th, 1713, Langres †July 31st, 1784, Paris

78

John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute

British nobleman, art collector, and Prime Minister of Great Britain (1713-1792)

*May 25th, 1713, Parliament Square †March 10th, 1792, Grosvenor Square

52

Alexis Clairaut

French mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist (*1713 – †1765)

*May 13th, 1713, Paris †May 17th, 1765, Paris

49

Nicolas Louis de Lacaille

French astronomer

*March 15th, 1713, Rumigny †March 21st, 1762, Paris

68

Richard Wilson

Welsh landscape painter (1714-1782)

*August 1st, 1713, Penegoes †May 11th, 1782, Colomendy

45

Ferdinand VI of Spain

King of Spain, lived (1713-1759)

*September 23rd, 1713, Madrid †August 10th, 1759, Villaviciosa de Odón

35

Maruyama Gondazaemon

Sumo wrestler (1713-1749)

*December 23rd, 1713, Tome †November 14th, 1749, Nagasaki Prefecture

74

Antonio Eugenio Visconti

Italian cardinal (1713-1788)

*June 13th, 1713, Milan †March 4th, 1788, Rome

70

Junípero Serra

Christian missionary

*November 24th, 1713, Casa del Beat Juníper Serra †August 28th, 1784, Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo

73

Gasparo Gozzi

Italian literary critic (1713-1786)

*December 4th, 1713, Venice †December 26th, 1786, Padua

70

Allan Ramsay

Scottish portrait painter (1713-1784)

*October 13th, 1713, Edinburgh †August 10th, 1784, Dover

81

Christlieb Ehregott Gellert

German metallurgist

*August 11th, 1713, Hainichen †May 18th, 1795, Freiberg

49

Luise Gottsched

German poet, playwright, essayist and translator

*April 11th, 1713, Gdańsk †June 26th, 1762, Leipzig

90

Marie Dumesnil

French actress

*January 2nd, 1713, Paris †February 20th, 1803, Paris

80

Louis de Noailles

Marshal of France (1713-1793)

*April 21st, 1713, Versailles †August 22nd, 1793, Saint-Germain-en-Laye

66

Onno Zwier van Haren

Dutch poet, playwright, writer and politician (1713-1779)

*April 2nd, 1713, Leeuwarden †September 2nd, 1779, Weststellingwerf

50

Joseph Maria von Thun und Hohenstein

Austrian priest and translator

*May 24th, 1713, Trento †June 15th, 1763, Mattighofen

78

Luís António Verney

Portuguese philosopher

*July 23rd, 1713, Lisbon †March 20th, 1792, Rome

54

Laurence Sterne

Anglo-Irish novelist and Anglican cleric (1713–1768)

*November 24th, 1713, Clonmel †March 18th, 1768, London

54

Alexander Russell

Scottish physician and naturalist; (1714-1768)

*November 30th, 1713, Edinburgh †November 28th, 1768, London

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1713 is a normal year and no leap year.

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