Historical Events In May - 18
Thursday, 28 March 2024
1891 On May - 18 rudolf Carnap, philosopher (German Logical Positivist)
1896 On May - 18 uS Supreme court affirms "separate but equal" policy (Plessy v Ferguson)
1896 US Supreme court affirms race separation (Plessy v Ferguson) on May - 18.
1896 On this day in history walter Fitzgerald, Keyhan Devonport England
1897 Irish Music Festival first held (Dublin) on this day in history.
1897 On this day in history irish Music Festival 1st held (Dublin)
1897 Frank Capra, Ital, director (Its a Wonderful Life, Arsenic & Old Lace) on this day in history.
1898 On this day in history juan J Domenchina, Spanish poet/interpreter (sombra desterrada)
1899 World Goodwill Day-26 nations meet in first Hague Peace Conference on May - 18.
1899 On May - 18 world Goodwill Day-26 nations meet in 1st Hague Peace Conference
1900 Britain proclaims protectorate over kingdom of Tonga on this day in history.
1900 Tonga becomes a British protectorate on May - 18.
1900 On this day in history sarah Miriam Peale, US, portrait painter (Gen Lafayette-1825)
1901 Harry Robert Wilson, composer on this day in history.
1902 On this day in history [Robert] Meredith Willson, Mason City Iowa, composer (Music Man)
1903 On this day in history george E Stone, Lodz Poland, actor (Viva Villa, Last Mile)
1904 On May - 18 american Ion Perdicaris kidnapped in Morocco
1904 Jacob K Javits, (Sen-R-NY) on this day in history.
1905 Eric Zeisl, composer on this day in history.
1906 The Federated Boys' Clubs, later to become the Boys' Clubs of America, are organized on May - 18.
1907 Clifford Curzon, London England, pianist (MacFarren Gold Medal) on May - 18.
1909 Fred Perry, English tennis star/commentator (Wimbledon, 1934-36) on May - 18.
1909 George Meredith, English poet/writer (Diana of Crossways), dies at 81 on May - 18.
1910 Passage of Earth through tail of Halley's Comet causes near-panic on this day in history.
1910 The first ever conference on air traffic opens in Paris on May - 18.
1910 Arthur van Schendel, Dutch art historian on this day in history.
1910 On this day in history flor van Duyse, composer, dies at 66
1911 On May - 18 president/dictator José Porfirio Diaz of México term ends
1911 Pres/dictator Jose Porfirio Diaz of Mexico term ends on this day in history.
1911 Joe Turner, KC, blues singer (Corrine Corrina, Shake Rattle & Roll) on May - 18.
1911 On May - 18 gustav Mahler, Austr composer (Children's Death Songs), dies at 50
1912 Maurits Binger establishes 2 Dutch movie companies on this day in history.
1912 A's beat Tigers 24-2, who use amateurs protesting Ty Cobbs suspension on May - 18.
1912 Georg von Opel, German auto manufacturer on this day in history.
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