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.
- 1268 –The Principality of Antioch, a crusader state, falls to the Mamluk Sultan Baibars in the Battle of Antioch.
- 1302 –Bruges Matins, the nocturnal massacre of the French garrison in Bruges by members of the local Flemish militia.
- 1593 –Playwright Thomas Kyd’s accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe.
- 1812 –John Bellingham is found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging for the assassination of British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval.
- 1843 –The Disruption in Edinburgh of the Free Church of Scotland from the Church of Scotland.
- 1860 –Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination over William H. Seward, who later becomes the United States Secretary of State.
- 1863 –American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg begins.
- 1910 –The Earth passes through the tail of Comet Halley.
- 1926 –Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears while visiting a Venice, California beach.
- 1927 –After being founded for 20 years, the Government of the Republic of China approves Tongji University to be among the first national universities of the Republic of China.
- 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.
- 1948 –The First Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China officially convenes in Nanking.
- 1953 –Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier.
- 1956 –First ascent of Lhotse 8,516 meters, by a Swiss team.
- 1965 –Israeli spy Eli Cohen was hanged in Damascus, Syria.
- 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.
- 1995 –Shawn Nelson, 35, goes on a tank rampage in San Diego.
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