Page 7: Historical Events In May - 18

1954  On May - 18 european Convention on Human Rights goes into effect   

1955  On this day in history 28.7 cm rain falls at Lake Maloya NM (state record)   

1955  On May - 18 atkinson & Depeiaza take West Indies from 6-187 to 6-494 in day vs Australia   

1955  Queen Juliana opens E55 fair in Amsterdam on this day in history.   

1955  28.7 cm rain falls at Lake Maloya New Mexico (state record) on this day in history.   

1955  On May - 18 mary McLeod Bethune, educator & civil rights leader, dies at 79   

1956  Hungarian party leader Matyas Rákosi enforces his own policy on this day in history.   

1956  Queen Juliana opens Rembrandt fairs in Amsterdam on May - 18.   

1956  On May - 18 hungarian party leader Matyas Rákosi enforces his own policy   

1956  On this day in history maurice Tate, cricketer (39 Tests for England, 155 wickets), dies   

1960  Eileen Fulton begins playing Lisa on As the World Turns (for > 30 years) on May - 18.   

1961  Henry O'Neill, actor (Lady Killer, Nothing But Trouble), dies on this day in history.   

1963  "If You Wanna Be Happy" by Jimmy Soul hits #1 on May - 18.   

1964  On May - 18 david Frost interviews Paul McCartney on the BBC   

1964  On May - 18 forty 40 hidden microphones are discovered in the U S embassy in Moscow   

1964  On this day in history supreme Court rules unconstitutional to deprive naturalized citizens of citizenship if they return to home country for more than 3 years   

1965  Gene Roddenberry suggests 16 names including Kirk for the Star Trek Captain on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history eduard J Dijksterhuis, mathematician (Archimedes), dies at 72   

1966  Paul Althaus, German theologist (That Christian Wahrheit), dies at 78 on May - 18.   

1967  Silver hits record $1.60 an ounce in London on this day in history.   

1967  Tennessee Governor Ellington repeals "Monkey Law", upheld in 1925 Scopes Trial on May - 18.   

1967  Andy Clyde, Hopalong Cassidy's sidekick, dies at 75 on May - 18.   

1969  "Canterbury Tales" closes at Eugene O'Neill NYC after 122 performances on this day in history.   

1969  Apollo 10 (Stafford/Cernan/Young) launched toward lunar orbit on this day in history.   

1971  On May - 18 bulgarian constitution goes into effect   

1971  On May - 18 president Nixon rejects the 60 demands of Congressional Black Caucus   

1971  Stanley Cup Montréal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4 games to 3 on this day in history.   

1971  Vampire rapist Wayne Bodens last victim found on May - 18.   

1971  Stanley Cup: Montréal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4 games to 3 on May - 18.   

1972  On May - 18 "Me & The Chimp" last airs on CBS-TV   

1972  On May - 18 john Sebastian makes 63 consecutive free throws while blindfolded   

1972  Eero Aukusti Sipila, composer, dies at 53 on May - 18.   

1973  On this day in history russian party leader Brezhnev visits West Germany   

1973  Jeannette Rankin, 1st Congresswoman (1917-19, 41-43), dies at 92 on this day in history.   

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1048  Omar Khayyám, Persian mathematician, poet and philosopher (d. 1131) was born on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history john I, Pope (523-26), dies   

1160  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history death of john, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (b. 1498)   

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

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