Page 5: Historical Events In May - 18

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

1914  On May - 18 anthony Fell, British MP   

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 May - 18.   

1915  Leon Shenandoah, native American leader on May - 18.   

1916  US pilot Kiffin Rockwell shoots down German aircraft on May - 18.   

1917  US passes Selective Service act on this day in history.   

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

1917  Charles Wintour, journalist on May - 18.   

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 May - 18 tNT explosion in chemical factory in Oakdale PA kills 200   

1918  Neth Indian Volksraad installed in Batavia on this day in history.   

1918  John Paul II, [Karol Wojtyla], 264th Roman Catholic pope (1978- ) on May - 18.   

1918  On this day in history toivo Kuula, composer, dies at 34   

1919  On this day in history margot Fonteyn, Surrey England, prima ballerina (Giselle)   

1920  On May - 18 46th Preakness: Clarence Kummer aboard Man o' War wins in 1:51.6   

1920  On May - 18 john Paul II, [Karol Wojtyla], Poland, Pope (1978-2005)   

1921  On May - 18 anthony Epstein, FRS/pathologist   

1922  On this day in history dutch 2nd Chamber agrees to 48 hour work week (was 45 hours)   

1922  Dutch 2nd Chamber agrees to 48 hour work week (was 45 hrs) on May - 18.   

1922  On this day in history bill Macy, Revere Mass, actor (Walter-Maude, Oh! Calcutta)   

1923  On this day in history liam Sullivan, Jacksonville Ill, actor (Mapoy-Monroes)   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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  G R Hall, nuclear scientist on May - 18.   

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

1929  On this day in history johan N Block, aviation pioneer (Martinair/Transavia/Air Holland)   

1930  On May - 18 barbara Goldsmith, New Rochelle, author (Little Gloria Happy At Last)   

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

1933  On May - 18 tennessee Valley Act (TVA) Act signed by FDR, to build dams   

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

1186  Konstantin of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod (d. 1218) was born on this day in history.   

1474  Isabella d'Este, Marquise of Mantua (d. 1539) was born on May - 18.   

1551  Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter (d. 1486) was born on this day in history.   

1610  On this day in history birth of stefano della Bella, Italian printmaker (d. 1664)   

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

1692  On May - 18 birth of joseph Butler, Wantage Berkshire, theologian   

1711  On this day in history birth of ruggiero G Boscovich, [Rudzer J Boskovic], Italian astronomer   

0526  On May - 18 john I, Pope (523-26), dies   

1160  On this day in history erik IX Helgi, [The Saint], King of Sweden, dies   

1401  On May - 18 death of wÅ‚adysÅ‚aw Opolczyk (German: Ladislaus von Oppel, count palatine of Hungary 1367-1372, governor of Halych-Volhynia 1372   

1410  On May - 18 ruprecht, Roman catholics German king, dies   

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

1550  Death of John, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (b. 1498) on this day in history.   

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

1584  On May - 18 death of ikeda Motosuke, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1559)