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History Events on May 18

By  Georgia Antonia Jigglypuff Barlow  18 May   108 Views

History Events on May 18

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Alonso de Ojeda sets sail from Cádiz on his voyage to what is now Venezuela.

#Alonso_de_Ojeda

In 1499

Emperor Constantine the Great announces free distributions of food to the citizens in Constantinople.

#Constantine_the_Great

In 332

Rhode Island passes the first law in English-speaking North America making slavery illegal.

#Rhode_Island

In 1652

World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription.

#World_War_I

In 1917

Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier.

#Jacqueline_Cochran

In 1953

First Crusade: Around 800 Jews are massacred in Worms, Germany.

#First_Crusade

In 1096

Operation Passage to Freedom, the evacuation of 310,000 Vietnamese civilians, soldiers and non-Vietnamese members of the French Army from communist North Vietnam to South Vietnam following the end of the First Indochina War, ends.

#Operation_Passage_to_Freedom

In 1955

Israeli troops finish withdrawing from the Gaza Strip, ceding the area to the Palestinian National Authority to govern.

#Gaza_Strip

In 1994

Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears in Venice, California.

#Evangelism

In 1926

Northern Somalia declares independence from the rest of Somalia as the Republic of Somaliland but is not recognized by the international community.

#Somalia

In 1991

Aeroflot Flight 109 is hijacked mid-flight and the aircraft is subsequently destroyed when the hijacker's bomb explodes, killing all 82 people on board.

#Aeroflot_Flight_109

In 1973

Apollo program: Apollo 10 is launched.

#Apollo_program

In 1969

John Bellingham is found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging for the assassination of British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval.

#John_Bellingham

In 1812

Nuclear weapons testing: Under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so.

#Nuclear_weapons_testing

In 1974

New Deal: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an act creating the Tennessee Valley Authority.

#New_Deal

In 1933

The first Indian film, Shree Pundalik by Dadasaheb Torne, is released in Mumbai.

#Cinema_of_India

In 1912

The Seven Years' War begins when Great Britain declares war on France.

#Seven_Years'_War

In 1756

A school shooting at Santa Fe High School in Texas kills 10 people.

#Santa_Fe_High_School_shooting

In 2018

Louis II of Italy is crowned for the second time as Roman Emperor at Rome, at the age of 47. His first coronation was 28 years earlier, in 844, during the reign of his father Lothair I.

#Louis_II_of_Italy

In 872

World War II: Battle of Monte Cassino: Conclusion after seven days of the fourth battle as German paratroopers evacuate Monte Cassino.

#World_War_II

In 1944

The Principality of Antioch, a crusader state, falls to the Mamluk Sultan Baibars in the Siege of Antioch.

#Principality_of_Antioch

In 1268

The Great Siege of Malta begins, in which Ottoman forces attempt and fail to conquer Malta.

#Great_Siege_of_Malta

In 1565

Israeli spy Eli Cohen is hanged in Damascus, Syria.

#Eli_Cohen

In 1965

Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination over William H. Seward, who later becomes the United States Secretary of State.

#Abraham_Lincoln

In 1860

The Disruption in Edinburgh of the Free Church of Scotland from the Church of Scotland.

#Disruption_of_1843

In 1843

At least 78 people die in a landslide caused by heavy rains in the Colombian town of Salgar.

#2015_Colombian_landslide

In 2015

Riots in Nørrebro, Copenhagen, caused by the approval of the four Danish exceptions in the Maastricht Treaty referendum. Police open fire against civilians for the first time since World War II and injure 11 demonstrators.

#Nørrebro

In 1993

Deportation of Crimean Tatars by the Soviet Union government.

#Deportation_of_the_Crimean_Tatars

In 1944

Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of the French by the French Senate.

#Napoleon

In 1804

In France, a modified TGV train achieves a new rail world speed record of 515.3 km/h (320.2 mph).

#TGV

In 1990

A second photo from the Hubble Space Telescope confirms that Pluto has two additional moons, Nix and Hydra.

#Hubble_Space_Telescope

In 2005

The First Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China officially convenes in Nanking.

#Legislative_Yuan

In 1948

American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg begins.

#American_Civil_War

In 1863

The Bath School disaster: Forty-five people, including many children, are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in Michigan.

#Bath_School_disaster

In 1927

Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, United States, killing 57 people and causing $3 billion in damage.

#Mount_St._Helens

In 1980

Battle of Las Piedras: The first great military triumph of the revolution of the Río de la Plata in Uruguay led by José Artigas.

#Battle_of_Las_Piedras_(1811)

In 1811

The future Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. He would become king 2 years later, after the death of his cousin once removed King Stephen of England.

#Henry_II_of_England

In 1152

Napoleonic Wars: The United Kingdom revokes the Treaty of Amiens and declares war on France.

#Napoleonic_Wars

In 1803

Battle of Tourcoing during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition.

#Battle_of_Tourcoing

In 1794

The LTTE are defeated by the Sri Lankan government, ending almost 26 years of fighting between the two sides.

In 2009

The post Loktantra Andolan government passes a landmark bill curtailing the power of the monarchy and making Nepal a secular country.

In 2006

Students in Gwangju, South Korea begin demonstrations calling for democratic reforms.

In 1980

Likud party wins the 1977 Israeli legislative election, with Menachem Begin, its founder, as the sixth Prime Minister of Israel.

In 1977

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.

In 1927

The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga.

In 1900

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.

In 1896

The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that the "separate but equal" doctrine is constitutional.

In 1896

Opening of the first German National Assembly (Nationalversammlung) in Frankfurt, Germany.

In 1848

First United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown (later called Saint John, New Brunswick), Canada, after leaving the United States.

In 1783

In Dorchester, Massachusetts, John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts.

In 1631

Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe.

In 1593

During the Battle of Buyur Lake, General Lan Yu leads a Chinese army forward to crush the Mongol hordes of Tögüs Temür, the Khan of Northern Yuan.

In 1388

Bruges Matins, the nocturnal massacre of the French garrison in Bruges by members of the local Flemish militia.

In 1302

Fall of Acre, the end of Crusader presence in the Holy Land.

In 1291

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By  Georgia Antonia Jigglypuff Barlow  18 May   108 Views

History Events on May 18

---

Alonso de Ojeda sets sail from Cádiz on his voyage to what is now Venezuela.

#Alonso_de_Ojeda

In 1499

Emperor Constantine the Great announces free distributions of food to the citizens in Constantinople.

#Constantine_the_Great

In 332

Rhode Island passes the first law in English-speaking North America making slavery illegal.

#Rhode_Island

In 1652

World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription.

#World_War_I

In 1917

Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier.

#Jacqueline_Cochran

In 1953

First Crusade: Around 800 Jews are massacred in Worms, Germany.

#First_Crusade

In 1096

Operation Passage to Freedom, the evacuation of 310,000 Vietnamese civilians, soldiers and non-Vietnamese members of the French Army from communist North Vietnam to South Vietnam following the end of the First Indochina War, ends.

#Operation_Passage_to_Freedom

In 1955

Israeli troops finish withdrawing from the Gaza Strip, ceding the area to the Palestinian National Authority to govern.

#Gaza_Strip

In 1994

Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears in Venice, California.

#Evangelism

In 1926

Northern Somalia declares independence from the rest of Somalia as the Republic of Somaliland but is not recognized by the international community.

#Somalia

In 1991

Aeroflot Flight 109 is hijacked mid-flight and the aircraft is subsequently destroyed when the hijacker's bomb explodes, killing all 82 people on board.

#Aeroflot_Flight_109

In 1973

Apollo program: Apollo 10 is launched.

#Apollo_program

In 1969

John Bellingham is found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging for the assassination of British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval.

#John_Bellingham

In 1812

Nuclear weapons testing: Under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so.

#Nuclear_weapons_testing

In 1974

New Deal: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an act creating the Tennessee Valley Authority.

#New_Deal

In 1933

The first Indian film, Shree Pundalik by Dadasaheb Torne, is released in Mumbai.

#Cinema_of_India

In 1912

The Seven Years' War begins when Great Britain declares war on France.

#Seven_Years'_War

In 1756

A school shooting at Santa Fe High School in Texas kills 10 people.

#Santa_Fe_High_School_shooting

In 2018

Louis II of Italy is crowned for the second time as Roman Emperor at Rome, at the age of 47. His first coronation was 28 years earlier, in 844, during the reign of his father Lothair I.

#Louis_II_of_Italy

In 872

World War II: Battle of Monte Cassino: Conclusion after seven days of the fourth battle as German paratroopers evacuate Monte Cassino.

#World_War_II

In 1944

The Principality of Antioch, a crusader state, falls to the Mamluk Sultan Baibars in the Siege of Antioch.

#Principality_of_Antioch

In 1268

The Great Siege of Malta begins, in which Ottoman forces attempt and fail to conquer Malta.

#Great_Siege_of_Malta

In 1565

Israeli spy Eli Cohen is hanged in Damascus, Syria.

#Eli_Cohen

In 1965

Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination over William H. Seward, who later becomes the United States Secretary of State.

#Abraham_Lincoln

In 1860

The Disruption in Edinburgh of the Free Church of Scotland from the Church of Scotland.

#Disruption_of_1843

In 1843

At least 78 people die in a landslide caused by heavy rains in the Colombian town of Salgar.

#2015_Colombian_landslide

In 2015

Riots in Nørrebro, Copenhagen, caused by the approval of the four Danish exceptions in the Maastricht Treaty referendum. Police open fire against civilians for the first time since World War II and injure 11 demonstrators.

#Nørrebro

In 1993

Deportation of Crimean Tatars by the Soviet Union government.

#Deportation_of_the_Crimean_Tatars

In 1944

Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of the French by the French Senate.

#Napoleon

In 1804

In France, a modified TGV train achieves a new rail world speed record of 515.3 km/h (320.2 mph).

#TGV

In 1990

A second photo from the Hubble Space Telescope confirms that Pluto has two additional moons, Nix and Hydra.

#Hubble_Space_Telescope

In 2005

The First Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China officially convenes in Nanking.

#Legislative_Yuan

In 1948

American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg begins.

#American_Civil_War

In 1863

The Bath School disaster: Forty-five people, including many children, are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in Michigan.

#Bath_School_disaster

In 1927

Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, United States, killing 57 people and causing $3 billion in damage.

#Mount_St._Helens

In 1980

Battle of Las Piedras: The first great military triumph of the revolution of the Río de la Plata in Uruguay led by José Artigas.

#Battle_of_Las_Piedras_(1811)

In 1811

The future Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. He would become king 2 years later, after the death of his cousin once removed King Stephen of England.

#Henry_II_of_England

In 1152

Napoleonic Wars: The United Kingdom revokes the Treaty of Amiens and declares war on France.

#Napoleonic_Wars

In 1803

Battle of Tourcoing during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition.

#Battle_of_Tourcoing

In 1794

The LTTE are defeated by the Sri Lankan government, ending almost 26 years of fighting between the two sides.

In 2009

The post Loktantra Andolan government passes a landmark bill curtailing the power of the monarchy and making Nepal a secular country.

In 2006

Students in Gwangju, South Korea begin demonstrations calling for democratic reforms.

In 1980

Likud party wins the 1977 Israeli legislative election, with Menachem Begin, its founder, as the sixth Prime Minister of Israel.

In 1977

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.

In 1927

The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga.

In 1900

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.

In 1896

The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that the "separate but equal" doctrine is constitutional.

In 1896

Opening of the first German National Assembly (Nationalversammlung) in Frankfurt, Germany.

In 1848

First United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown (later called Saint John, New Brunswick), Canada, after leaving the United States.

In 1783

In Dorchester, Massachusetts, John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts.

In 1631

Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe.

In 1593

During the Battle of Buyur Lake, General Lan Yu leads a Chinese army forward to crush the Mongol hordes of Tögüs Temür, the Khan of Northern Yuan.

In 1388

Bruges Matins, the nocturnal massacre of the French garrison in Bruges by members of the local Flemish militia.

In 1302

Fall of Acre, the end of Crusader presence in the Holy Land.

In 1291

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