About May 18
May 18, 2025 is the 138th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 227 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
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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 275 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.
- 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.
- 1763 –Fire destroys a large part of Montreal, Quebec.
- 1803 –Napoleonic Wars: The United Kingdom revokes the Treaty of Amiens and declares war on France.
- 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.
- 1896 –The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that the “separate but equal” doctrine is constitutional.
- 1910 –The Earth passes through the tail of Comet Halley.
- 1927 –The Bath School Disaster: forty-five people are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in Michigan.
- 1944 –World War II: Battle of Monte Cassino – Conclusion after seven days of the fourth battle as German paratroopers evacuate Monte Cassino.
- 1953 –Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier.
- 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.
- 1969 –Apollo program: Apollo 10 is launched.
- 1980 –1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens: Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, United States, killing 57 people and causing $3 billion in damage.
- 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.
- 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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