Historical Events In May - 18

1986 South African army occupies Botswana, Zimbabwe & Zambia

1989 Lisa Strawberry files for divorce from Darryl

1990 "Return To Green Acres" TV movie airs

1990 East and West Germany sign a monetary union treaty

1990 Judy Carne arrested at JFK airport on an 11 year old drug warrant

1991 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1991 USSR launches 2 cosmonauts to MIR space station

1992 Supreme Court rules states could not force mentally unstable criminal defendants to take anti-psychotic drugs

1993 Danish people vote in favor of ratifying the Maastricht Treaty

1993 Italian police arrest Mafia boss Benedetto "Nitto" Santapaola

1994 AC Milan wins Europe Cup 1 4-0 against Barcelona

1994 Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip

1998 Justice Department and 20 state attorneys general sue Microsoft, charging it illegally thwarted competition to protect and extend its monopoly on software.

1900 Tonga becomes a British protectorate

1910 The first ever conference on air traffic opens in Paris

1936 The Spanish Civil breaks out

1980 Mt St. Helens, North America, erupts causing widespread damage

1983 Sri Lanka impose a State of Emergency after election violence

1990 Treaty forming the basis for monetary union between East and West Germany signed

1872 The birth of Bertrand Russell, English philospher

1883 The birth of Walter Gropius, American architect

1918 The birth of Pope John Paul II, Head of the Catholic Church

2009 Sri Lankan Civil War: e LTTE are defeated by e Sri Lankan government, ending almo 26 years of fighting between e two sides.

2009 Sri Lankan Civil War: e LTTE are defeated by e Sri Lankan government, ending almo 26 years of fighting between e two sides.

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