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

  • 1152 –
    Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine.
  • 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.
  • 1652 –
    Rhode Island passes the first law in North America making slavery illegal.
  • 1783 –
    First United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown (later called Saint John), New Brunswick, Canada after leaving the United States.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 1896 –
    Khodynka Tragedy: A mass panic on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II results in the deaths of 1,389 people.
  • 1910 –
    The Earth passes through the tail of Comet Halley.
  • 1917 –
    World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription.
  • 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.
  • 1933 –
    New Deal: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an act creating the Tennessee Valley Authority.
  • 1958 –
    An F-104 Starfighter sets a world speed record of 1,404.19 mph (2,259.82 km/h).
  • 1965 –
    Israeli spy Eli Cohen was hanged in Damascus, Syria.
  • 1974 –
    Nuclear test: under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so.
  • 1980 –
    Gwangju Massacre: students in Gwangju, South Korea begin demonstrations calling for democratic reforms.
  • 1983 –
    In Ireland, the government launches a crackdown, with the leading Dublin pirate Radio Nova being put off the air.
  • 2005 –
    A second photo from the Hubble Space Telescope confirms that Pluto has two additional moons: Nix and Hydra.

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