About May 18
May 18, 2023 is the 138th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 227 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
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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 268 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.
- 1152 –Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine.
- 1631 –In Dorchester, Massachusetts, John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts.
- 1652 –Rhode Island passes the first law in North America making slavery illegal.
- 1756 –The Seven Years’ War begins when Great Britain declares war on France.
- 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.
- 1812 –John Bellingham is found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging for the assassination of British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval.
- 1848 –Opening of the first German National Assembly (Nationalversammlung) in Frankfurt, Germany.
- 1863 –American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg begins.
- 1926 –Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears while visiting a Venice, California beach.
- 1944 –Deportation of Crimean Tatars by the Soviet Union government.
- 1953 –Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier.
- 1959 –Launch of the National Liberation Committee of Côte d'Ivoire in Conakry, Guinea.
- 1969 –Apollo program: Apollo 10 is launched.
- 1983 –In Ireland, the government launches a crackdown, with the leading Dublin pirate Radio Nova being put off the air.
- 1990 –In France, a modified TGV train achieves a new rail world speed record of 515.3 km/h (320.2 mph).
- 1995 –Shawn Nelson, 35, goes on a tank rampage in San Diego.
- 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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