Page 8: Historical Events In May - 18

1974  On this day in history "The Streak" by Ray Stevens hits #1   

1974  On this day in history india becomes 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb   

1974  Daniel R Topping, US owner (NY Yankees), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1975  Leroy Anderson, composer, dies at 66 on May - 18.   

1977  A nightclub fire in Cincinnati killed 164 on this day in history.   

1977  Menachem Begin becomes Israel's Prime Minister on May - 18.   

1978  On May - 18 italy legalizes abortion   

1978  On May - 18 russian dissident Yuri Orlov exiled to compulsory work   

1980  On May - 18 belgium 3rd Government of Martens forms   

1980  China People's Republic launch first intercontinental rocket on this day in history.   

1980  On this day in history fernando Belaunde Terry elected President of Peru   

1980  On this day in history in Washington State, a 5.2 quake was felt (V) at Yakima and (IV) in many parts of Washington and Oregon. This earthquake occurred only seconds before the explosion which began the eruption of Mount St. Helens volcano.   

1980  On May - 18 mount St Helens blows its top in Washington State, 60 die   

1980  Mt St. Helens, North America, erupts causing widespread damage on this day in history.   

1980  Ian Curtis, English rock vocalist (Joy Division), commit suicide at 23 on this day in history.   

1981  On May - 18 arthur O'Connell, actor (Mr Peepers, 2nd Hundred Years), dies at 73   

1982  On May - 18 unification Church founder Reverend Sun Myung Moon convicted of tax evasion   

1983  Senate revises immigration laws, gives millions of illegal aliens legal status under an amnesty program on May - 18.   

1983  On May - 18 sri Lanka impose a State of Emergency after election violence   

1985  "One Night In Bangkok" by Murray Head hits #3 on May - 18.   

1985  On this day in history the first remote location for "Nightline" (South Africa)   

1985  On this day in history tex Terry, actor (Apache Rose, Timberjack), dies at 82   

1986  On May - 18 chung Kwung Ying does 2,750 "atomic" hand-stand push-ups   

1986  On May - 18 south African army occupies Botswana, Zimbabwe & Zambia   

1986  On this day in history john Bubbles Sublett, tap dancer (Black & Bubbles), dies at 84   

1987  Wilbur J Cohen, 1st employee of Social Security System, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1988  Daws Butler, cartoon voice (Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1989  Lisa Strawberry files for divorce from Darryl on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history "Return To Green Acres" TV movie airs   

1990  East and West Germany sign a monetary union treaty on May - 18.   

1990  Judy Carne arrested at JFK airport on an 11 year old drug warrant on May - 18.   

1990  Treaty forming the basis for monetary union between East and West Germany signed on May - 18.   

1990  Jill Ireland, actress (Carry on Nurse, Family), dies of cancer at 54 on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history france performs nuclear test at Muruora Island   

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1048  On this day in history birth of omar Khayyám, Persian mathematician, poet and philosopher (d. 1131)   

1186  On May - 18 birth of konstantin of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod (d. 1218)   

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

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

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

1662  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1160  Erik IX Helgi, [The Saint], King of Sweden, dies on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history death of domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter (d. 1486)   

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