Page 5: Historical Events In May - 18

1913  Otto Reubke, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1914  Anthony Fell, British MP on May - 18.   

1915  Major General Sir William Bridges, Commander of the First Division, Australian Imperial Force (AIF), dies of wounds inflicted at Anzac Cove on 15 May His body is buried in the grounds of the Royal Military College, Duntroon on this day in history.   

1915  On May - 18 leon Shenandoah, native American leader   

1916  On this day in history uS pilot Kiffin Rockwell shoots down German aircraft   

1917  On May - 18 uS passes Selective Service act   

1917  On this day in history satie/Massine/Picasso's ballet "Parade," premieres in Paris   

1917  On May - 18 charles Wintour, journalist   

1918  Netherlands Indian Volksraad installed in Batavia on May - 18.   

1918  On May - 18 the birth of Pope John Paul II, Head of the Catholic Church   

1918  On this day in history tNT explosion in chemical factory in Oakdale PA kills 200   

1918  On May - 18 neth Indian Volksraad installed in Batavia   

1918  John Paul II, [Karol Wojtyla], 264th Roman Catholic pope (1978- ) on this day in history.   

1918  On May - 18 toivo Kuula, composer, dies at 34   

1919  Margot Fonteyn, Surrey England, prima ballerina (Giselle) on this day in history.   

1920  On this day in history 46th Preakness: Clarence Kummer aboard Man o' War wins in 1:51.6   

1920  On this day in history john Paul II, [Karol Wojtyla], Poland, Pope (1978-2005)   

1921  On this day in history anthony Epstein, FRS/pathologist   

1922  Dutch 2nd Chamber agrees to 48 hour work week (was 45 hours) on this day in history.   

1922  Dutch 2nd Chamber agrees to 48 hour work week (was 45 hrs) on this day in history.   

1922  On May - 18 bill Macy, Revere Mass, actor (Walter-Maude, Oh! Calcutta)   

1923  Liam Sullivan, Jacksonville Ill, actor (Mapoy-Monroes) on May - 18.   

1924  Jack Whitaker, Phila Pa, sportscaster (ABC, CBS) on May - 18.   

1926  Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson vanished in Venice CA; She showed up a month later & said she had been kidnapped on May - 18.   

1926  On May - 18 evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson vanished in Venice Calif She showed up a month later & said she had been kidnapped   

1927  On May - 18 ritz Hotel opens in Boston   

1927  "Slide Lake" in Gros Ventre Wyoming collapses on May - 18.   

1927  Richard Body, MP on this day in history.   

1928  On this day in history g R Hall, nuclear scientist   

1929  On May - 18 55th Kentucky Derby: Linus McAtee on Clyde Van Dusen wins in 2:10.8   

1929  Johan N Block, aviation pioneer (Martinair/Transavia/Air Holland) on May - 18.   

1930  Barbara Goldsmith, New Rochelle, author (Little Gloria Happy At Last) on May - 18.   

1930  Joao Marcellino Arroyo, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1933  Tennessee Valley Act (TVA) Act signed by FDR, to build dams on May - 18.   

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1048  Omar Khayyám, Persian mathematician, poet and philosopher (d. 1131) was born on May - 18.   

1186  On this day in history birth of konstantin of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod (d. 1218)   

1474  On this day in history birth of isabella d'Este, Marquise of Mantua (d. 1539)   

1551  Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter (d. 1486) was born on May - 18.   

1610  Stefano della Bella, Italian printmaker (d. 1664) was born on May - 18.   

1662  On May - 18 birth of george Smalridge, English bishop of Bristol (d. 1719)   

1692  On this day in history birth of joseph Butler, Wantage Berkshire, theologian   

1711  Ruggiero G Boscovich, [Rudzer J Boskovic], Italian astronomer was born on May - 18.   

0526  John I, Pope (523-26), dies on May - 18.   

1160  On May - 18 erik IX Helgi, [The Saint], King of Sweden, dies   

1401  On this day in history death of wÅ‚adysÅ‚aw Opolczyk (German: Ladislaus von Oppel, count palatine of Hungary 1367-1372, governor of Halych-Volhynia 1372   

1410  Ruprecht, Roman catholics German king, dies on this day in history.   

1450  Death of Sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1397) on this day in history.   

1550  On this day in history death of john, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (b. 1498)   

1551  On May - 18 death of domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter (d. 1486)   

1584  On this day in history death of ikeda Motosuke, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1559)