About May 18
May 18, 2024 is the 139th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 227 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
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Taurus is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 256 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On May 18
- 332 –Constantine the Great announced free distributions of food to the citizens in Constantinople.
- 1763 –Fire destroys a large part of Montreal, Quebec.
- 1804 –Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of the French by the French Senate.
- 1811 –Battle of Las Piedras: The first great military triumph of the revolution of the Río de la Plata in Uruguay led by Jose Artigas.
- 1863 –American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg begins.
- 1896 –The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that the “separate but equal” doctrine is constitutional.
- 1900 –The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga.
- 1910 –The Earth passes through the tail of Comet Halley.
- 1926 –Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears while visiting a Venice, California beach.
- 1933 –New Deal: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an act creating the Tennessee Valley Authority.
- 1944 –Deportation of Crimean Tatars by the Soviet Union government.
- 1944 –World War II: Battle of Monte Cassino – Conclusion after seven days of the fourth battle as German paratroopers evacuate Monte Cassino.
- 1956 –First ascent of Lhotse 8,516 meters, by a Swiss team.
- 1958 –An F-104 Starfighter sets a world speed record of 1,404.19 mph (2,259.82 km/h).
- 1959 –Launch of the National Liberation Committee of Côte d'Ivoire in Conakry, Guinea.
- 1980 –1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens: Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, United States, killing 57 people and causing $3 billion in damage.
- 1983 –In Ireland, the government launches a crackdown, with the leading Dublin pirate Radio Nova being put off the air.
- 1995 –Shawn Nelson, 35, goes on a tank rampage in San Diego.
- 2005 –A second photo from the Hubble Space Telescope confirms that Pluto has two additional moons: Nix and Hydra.
- 2009 –Sri Lankan Civil War: The LTTE are defeated by the Sri Lankan government, ending almost 26 years of fighting between the two sides.
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