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| May 18th, 2008 (May 18 2008) | Death | Joseph Pevney, American television director | |
| May 18th, 2007 (May 18 2007) | Death | Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist (born in 1932) | |
| May 18th, 2007 (May 18 2007) | Death | Yoyoy Villame, Philippine novelty singer and movie actor (born in 1932) | |
| May 18th, 2006 (May 18 2006) | Event | The post Loktantra Andolan government passes a landmark bill curtailing the power of the monarchy and making Nepal a secular country. | |
| May 18th, 2006 (May 18 2006) | Death | Andrew Martinez, U.C. Berkeley s "Naked Guy" (born in 1972) | |
| May 18th, 2004 (May 18 2004) | Death | Elvin Jones, American jazz drummer (born in 1927) | |
| May 18th, 2004 (May 18 2004) | Death | Serge Turgeon, Quebec actor and union leader (born in 1946) | |
| May 18th, 2003 (May 18 2003) | Death | Anna Santisteban, Puerto Rican beauty contest organizer (born in 1914) | |
| May 18th, 2003 (May 18 2003) | Death | Barb Tarbox, Canadian anti-smoking crusader (born in 1961) | |
| May 18th, 2002 (May 18 2002) | Death | Davey Boy Smith, English professional wrestler (born in 1962) | |
| May 18th, 2000 (May 18 2000) | Death | Stephen M. Wolownik, Russian musician and arranger (born in 1946) | |
| May 18th, 2000 (May 18 2000) | Death | Maulana Yousuf Ludhianvi, Muslim scholar | |
| May 18th, 1999 (May 18 1999) | Death | Augustus Pablo, Jamaican singer (born in 1954) | |
| May 18th, 1999 (May 18 1999) | Death | Betty Robinson, American runner (born in 1911) | |
| May 18th, 1998 (May 18 1998) | Event | United States v. Microsoft: The United States Department of Justice and 20 U.S. states file an antitrust case against Microsoft. | |
| May 18th, 1997 (May 18 1997) | Birth | Alana Etheridge, American actress | |
| May 18th, 1997 (May 18 1997) | Death | Bridgette Andersen, American actress (born in 1975) | |
| May 18th, 1995 (May 18 1995) | Death | Elisha Cook, Jr., American actor (born in 1903) | |
| May 18th, 1995 (May 18 1995) | Death | Alexander Godunov, Russian ballet dancer and actor (born in 1949) | |
| May 18th, 1995 (May 18 1995) | Death | Elizabeth Montgomery, American actress (born in 1933) | |
| May 18th, 1993 (May 18 1993) | Event | EU-riots in Norrebro, Copenhagen caused by the approval of the four Danish exceptions in the Maastricht Treaty referendum. Police opened fire against civilians for the first time since World War II and injured 11 demonstrators. In total 113 bullets were fired. | |
| May 18th, 1992 (May 18 1992) | Event | The Archivist of the United States officially announces the Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution. | |
| May 18th, 1992 (May 18 1992) | Birth | Josh Phelps, Soccer Player | |
| May 18th, 1992 (May 18 1992) | Birth | Spencer Breslin, American actor | |
| May 18th, 1992 (May 18 1992) | Death | Skip Stephenson, American TV personality (born in 1940) | |
| May 18th, 1992 (May 18 1992) | Death | Marshall Thompson, American actor (born in 1925) | |
| May 18th, 1991 (May 18 1991) | Event | Helen Sharman from Sheffield becomes the first Briton to orbit in space. | Helen Sharman Quotes |
| May 18th, 1991 (May 18 1991) | Event | Northern Somalia declares independence from the rest of Somalia as the Republic of Somaliland but is unrecognised by the international community. | |
| May 18th, 1990 (May 18 1990) | Event | In France, a modified TGV train achieves a new rail world speed record of 515.3km/h. | |
| May 18th, 1990 (May 18 1990) | Death | Jill Ireland, English actress (born in 1936) | |
| May 18th, 1988 (May 18 1988) | Birth | Ryan Cooley, Canadian television actor | |
| May 18th, 1988 (May 18 1988) | Death | Daws Butler, American voice actor (born in 1916) | |
| May 18th, 1987 (May 18 1987) | Birth | Luisana Lopilato, Argentine actress and model | |
| May 18th, 1986 (May 18 1986) | Birth | Ryan Lamb, English rugby union player | |
| May 18th, 1984 (May 18 1984) | Birth | Scarlett Keegan, Playboy Playmate | |
| May 18th, 1984 (May 18 1984) | Birth | Joakim Soria, Mexican baseball player | |
| May 18th, 1984 (May 18 1984) | Birth | Niki Terpstra, Dutch cyclist | |
| May 18th, 1983 (May 18 1983) | Event | In Ireland, the government launches a crackdown, with the leading Dublin pirate Radio Nova being put off the air. | |
| May 18th, 1983 (May 18 1983) | Birth | Gary O Neil, English footballer | |
| May 18th, 1983 (May 18 1983) | Birth | Luis Terrero, Dominican baseball player | |
| May 18th, 1983 (May 18 1983) | Birth | Vince Young, American football player | |
| May 18th, 1982 (May 18 1982) | Birth | Jason Brown, English-born footballer | |
| May 18th, 1982 (May 18 1982) | Birth | Eric West, American singer and actor | |
| May 18th, 1981 (May 18 1981) | Birth | Mahamadou Diarra, Malian footballer | |
| May 18th, 1981 (May 18 1981) | Death | Arthur O Connell, American actor (born in 1908) | |
| May 18th, 1981 (May 18 1981) | Death | William Saroyan, American author (born in 1908) | William Saroyan Quotes |
| May 18th, 1980 (May 18 1980) | Event | 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption: Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, killing 57 people and causing $3 billion in damage. | |
| May 18th, 1980 (May 18 1980) | Event | Gwangju Massacre: Students in Gwangju, South Korea begin demonstrations, calling for democratic reforms. | An Wang Quotes |
| May 18th, 1980 (May 18 1980) | Birth | Jeff Roehl, American football player | |
| May 18th, 1980 (May 18 1980) | Birth | Ali Zafar, Pakistani singer and model | |
| May 18th, 1980 (May 18 1980) | Birth | Aileen Campbell, Scottish Politician | |
| May 18th, 1980 (May 18 1980) | Death | Ian Curtis, English musician, singer and lyricist (Joy Division) (born in 1956) | |
| May 18th, 1980 (May 18 1980) | Death | Harry Truman, victim of Mount St. Helens eruption (born in 1896) | |
| May 18th, 1980 (May 18 1980) | Death | David A. Johnston, a U.S. Volcanoligist was also a victim of Mount St. Helens eruption (born in 1949) | |
| May 18th, 1980 (May 18 1980) | Death | Reid Blackburn, a photojournalist for National Geographic was also a victim of Mount St. Helens eruption (born in 1952) | |
| May 18th, 1979 (May 18 1979) | Birth | Mariusz Lewandowski, Polish footballer | |
| May 18th, 1979 (May 18 1979) | Birth | Michal Martikan, Slovak slalom canoiest | |
| May 18th, 1979 (May 18 1979) | Birth | Julian Speroni, Argentine footballer | Julian Quotes |
| May 18th, 1979 (May 18 1979) | Birth | Milivoje Novakovic, Slovenian footballer | |
| May 18th, 1978 (May 18 1978) | Birth | Ricardo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer | |
| May 18th, 1978 (May 18 1978) | Birth | Marcus Giles, American baseball player | |
| May 18th, 1977 (May 18 1977) | Birth | Lee Hendrie, English footballer | |
| May 18th, 1977 (May 18 1977) | Birth | Danny Mills, English footballer | |
| May 18th, 1976 (May 18 1976) | Birth | Oleg Tverdovsky, Ukrainian ice hockey player | |
| May 18th, 1975 (May 18 1975) | Birth | John Higgins, Scottish snooker player | John Scott Quotes |
| May 18th, 1975 (May 18 1975) | Birth | Jack Johnson, American musician | Jack Johnson Quotes |
| May 18th, 1975 (May 18 1975) | Birth | Peter Iwers, Swedish bass player (In Flames) | |
| May 18th, 1975 (May 18 1975) | Death | Leroy Anderson, American composer (born in 1908) | |
| May 18th, 1974 (May 18 1974) | Event | Nuclear test: Under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so. | |
| May 18th, 1974 (May 18 1974) | Event | Completion of the Warsaw radio mast, the tallest construction ever built at the time. It later collapses on August 8, 1991. | |
| May 18th, 1974 (May 18 1974) | Birth | Nelson Figueroa, American baseball player | |
| May 18th, 1973 (May 18 1973) | Birth | Dario Franchitti, Scottish racecar driver | |
| May 18th, 1973 (May 18 1973) | Death | Jeannette Rankin, first U.S. Congresswoman (born in 1880) | |
| May 18th, 1972 (May 18 1972) | Birth | Turner Stevenson, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| May 18th, 1971 (May 18 1971) | Birth | Brad Friedel, American soccer player | |
| May 18th, 1971 (May 18 1971) | Birth | Nobuteru Taniguchi, Japanese racing driver | |
| May 18th, 1971 (May 18 1971) | Death | Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh, Russian mathematician (born in 1908) | |
| May 18th, 1970 (May 18 1970) | Birth | Tina Fey, American writer/actress | Tina Fey Quotes |
| May 18th, 1969 (May 18 1969) | Event | Apollo program: Apollo 10 is launched. | |
| May 18th, 1969 (May 18 1969) | Birth | Martika, Cuban-American singer | |
| May 18th, 1967 (May 18 1967) | Birth | Heinz-Harald Frentzen, German F1 driver | |
| May 18th, 1967 (May 18 1967) | Death | Andy Clyde, American actor (born in 1892) | |
| May 18th, 1966 (May 18 1966) | Birth | Michael Tait, American musician (dc Talk, Tait) | |
| May 18th, 1965 (May 18 1965) | Birth | Ingo Schwichtenberg, German drummer (died in 1995) | |
| May 18th, 1963 (May 18 1963) | Death | Ernie Davis, American football player (born in 1939) | |
| May 18th, 1962 (May 18 1962) | Birth | Mike Whitmarsh, American Volleyball Player | |
| May 18th, 1962 (May 18 1962) | Birth | Nanne Gronvall, Swedish singer | |
| May 18th, 1962 (May 18 1962) | Birth | Sandra Cretu, German singer | |
| May 18th, 1962 (May 18 1962) | Birth | Mike Darnell, American television executive | |
| May 18th, 1960 (May 18 1960) | Birth | Jari Kurri, Finnish ice hockey player | |
| May 18th, 1960 (May 18 1960) | Birth | Yannick Noah, French tennis player | Yanni Quotes |
| May 18th, 1959 (May 18 1959) | Event | Launching of the National Liberation Committee of Cote d Ivoire in Conakry, Guinea. | |
| May 18th, 1959 (May 18 1959) | Birth | Jay Wells, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| May 18th, 1958 (May 18 1958) | Event | An F-104 Starfighter sets a world speed record of 2,259.82 km/h (1,404.19 mph). | |
| May 18th, 1958 (May 18 1958) | Birth | Toyah Willcox, English actor and singer | |
| May 18th, 1957 (May 18 1957) | Birth | Michael Cretu, German musician (Enigma) | |
| May 18th, 1956 (May 18 1956) | Death | Maurice Tate, English cricketer (born in 1895) | |
| May 18th, 1955 (May 18 1955) | Birth | Chow Yun-Fat, Hong Kong actor | |
| May 18th, 1955 (May 18 1955) | Death | Mary McLeod Bethune, American educator and activist (born in 1875) | |
| May 18th, 1954 (May 18 1954) | Birth | Reinhold Heil, German composer | |
| May 18th, 1953 (May 18 1953) | Event | Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier. | |
| May 18th, 1952 (May 18 1952) | Birth | Diane Duane, American writer | |
| May 18th, 1952 (May 18 1952) | Birth | George Strait, American musician | |
| May 18th, 1952 (May 18 1952) | Birth | Jeana Yeager, American aviator | |
| May 18th, 1951 (May 18 1951) | Birth | Jim Sundberg, American baseball player | |
| May 18th, 1950 (May 18 1950) | Birth | Thomas Gottschalk, German television show host | |
| May 18th, 1950 (May 18 1950) | Birth | Mark Mothersbaugh, American composer, musician, and singer (Devo) | Devo Quotes |
| May 18th, 1949 (May 18 1949) | Birth | Rick Wakeman, English composer and musician (Yes) | |
| May 18th, 1949 (May 18 1949) | Birth | Bill Wallace, Canadian musician (The Guess Who) | |
| May 18th, 1948 (May 18 1948) | Event | The First Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China officially convenes in Nanking. | |
| May 18th, 1947 (May 18 1947) | Birth | John Bruton, ninth Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland | |
| May 18th, 1946 (May 18 1946) | Birth | Bruce Gilbert, English musician (Wire) | |
| May 18th, 1946 (May 18 1946) | Birth | Frank Hsieh, former Premier of Taiwan | |
| May 18th, 1946 (May 18 1946) | Birth | Reggie Jackson, American baseball player | |
| May 18th, 1946 (May 18 1946) | Birth | Andreas Katsulas, American actor (died in 2006) | |
| May 18th, 1944 (May 18 1944) | Event | World War II: Battle of Monte CassinoConclusion after seven days of the fourth battle as German paratroopers ("Fallschirmjager") evacuate Monte Cassino. | |
| May 18th, 1944 (May 18 1944) | Event | Deportation of Crimean Tatars by the Soviet Union government. | |
| May 18th, 1944 (May 18 1944) | Event | World War II: SS troops burn down six villages in the Brkini hills in south western Slovenia. | |
| May 18th, 1944 (May 18 1944) | Birth | W. G. Sebald, German-born writer (died in 2001) | |
| May 18th, 1943 (May 18 1943) | Birth | James Reiher, American professional wrestler | |
| May 18th, 1942 (May 18 1942) | Birth | Albert Hammond, British musician and composer | |
| May 18th, 1942 (May 18 1942) | Birth | Nobby Stiles, English footballer | |
| May 18th, 1941 (May 18 1941) | Birth | Lobby Loyde, Australian guitarist and songwriter (died in 2007) | |
| May 18th, 1941 (May 18 1941) | Birth | Miriam Margolyes, British actress | |
| May 18th, 1941 (May 18 1941) | Death | Werner Sombart, German economist and sociologist (born in 1863) | |
| May 18th, 1939 (May 18 1939) | Birth | Giovanni Falcone, Italian magistrate (died in 1992) | |
| May 18th, 1939 (May 18 1939) | Birth | Gordon O Connor, Canadian politician | |
| May 18th, 1937 (May 18 1937) | Birth | Brooks Robinson, American baseball player | |
| May 18th, 1937 (May 18 1937) | Birth | Jacques Santer, Luxembourg statesman | |
| May 18th, 1934 (May 18 1934) | Birth | Dwayne Hickman, American actor and television executive | |
| May 18th, 1933 (May 18 1933) | Event | New Deal: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an act creating the Tennessee Valley Authority. | |
| May 18th, 1933 (May 18 1933) | Birth | Bernadette Chirac, French politician | |
| May 18th, 1931 (May 18 1931) | Birth | Don Martin, American cartoonist (died in 2000) | |
| May 18th, 1931 (May 18 1931) | Birth | Robert Morse, American actor | |
| May 18th, 1930 (May 18 1930) | Birth | Warren Rudman, American politician | |
| May 18th, 1929 (May 18 1929) | Birth | Jack Sanford, American baseball player (died in 2000) | |
| May 18th, 1928 (May 18 1928) | Birth | Pernell Roberts, American actor | |
| May 18th, 1927 (May 18 1927) | Event | The Bath School Disaster: Forty-five people are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in Michigan. | |
| May 18th, 1927 (May 18 1927) | Death | Andrew Kehoe, American mass murderer (born in 1872) | |
| May 18th, 1926 (May 18 1926) | Event | Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears while visiting a Venice, California beach. | |
| May 18th, 1926 (May 18 1926) | Birth | Dirch Passer, Danish actor (died in 1980) | |
| May 18th, 1924 (May 18 1924) | Birth | Priscilla Pointer, American actress | |
| May 18th, 1924 (May 18 1924) | Birth | Jack Whitaker, American sportscaster | |
| May 18th, 1923 (May 18 1923) | Birth | Hugh Shearer, Prime Minister of Jamaica (died in 2004) | |
| May 18th, 1923 (May 18 1923) | Birth | Jean-Louis Roux, French Canadian actor and artistic director | |
| May 18th, 1922 (May 18 1922) | Birth | Gerda Boyesen, Norwegian-born body psychotherapist (died in 2005) | |
| May 18th, 1922 (May 18 1922) | Birth | Bill Macy, American actor | |
| May 18th, 1922 (May 18 1922) | Birth | Kai Winding, Danish-born musician (died in 1983) | |
| May 18th, 1922 (May 18 1922) | Death | Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born in 1845) | |
| May 18th, 1920 (May 18 1920) | Birth | Pope John Paul II (died in 2005) | |
| May 18th, 1920 (May 18 1920) | Birth | Lucia Mannucci, Italian singer (Quartetto Cetra) | |
| May 18th, 1919 (May 18 1919) | Birth | Dame Margot Fonteyn, English ballet dancer (died in 1991) | Margot Fonteyn Quotes |
| May 18th, 1918 (May 18 1918) | Birth | George Welch, American pilot and war hero (died in 1954) | |
| May 18th, 1918 (May 18 1918) | Birth | Massimo Girotti, Italian actor (died in 2003) | |
| May 18th, 1917 (May 18 1917) | Event | World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription. | |
| May 18th, 1914 (May 18 1914) | Birth | Pierre Balmain, French fashion designer (died in 1982) | |
| May 18th, 1913 (May 18 1913) | Birth | Jane Birdwood, British anti-Semitic activist (died in 2000) | |
| May 18th, 1913 (May 18 1913) | Birth | Charles Trenet, French singer and songwriter (died in 2001) | |
| May 18th, 1913 (May 18 1913) | Birth | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Fifth President of India (died in 1996) | |
| May 18th, 1912 (May 18 1912) | Birth | Richard Brooks, American film director, writer and producer (died in 1992) | |
| May 18th, 1912 (May 18 1912) | Birth | Perry Como, American singer (died in 2001) | |
| May 18th, 1912 (May 18 1912) | Birth | Walter Sisulu, South African anti-apartheid activist (died in 2003) | |
| May 18th, 1911 (May 18 1911) | Birth | Big Joe Turner, American blues singer (died in 1985) | |
| May 18th, 1911 (May 18 1911) | Death | Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer (born in 1860) | |
| May 18th, 1910 (May 18 1910) | Event | The Earth passes through the tail of Comet Halley. | |
| May 18th, 1910 (May 18 1910) | Death | Pauline Garcia-Viardot, French mezzo-soprano and composer (born in 1821) | |
| May 18th, 1910 (May 18 1910) | Death | Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish novelist (b.1841) | |
| May 18th, 1909 (May 18 1909) | Birth | Fred Perry, British former tennis player (died in 1995) | |
| May 18th, 1909 (May 18 1909) | Death | George Meredith, English novelist and poet (born in 1828) | George Meredith Quotes |
| May 18th, 1909 (May 18 1909) | Death | Isaac Albeniz, Spanish pianist and composer (born in 1860) | |
| May 18th, 1907 (May 18 1907) | Birth | Carl Mydans, American photographer (died in 2004) | |
| May 18th, 1905 (May 18 1905) | Birth | Hedley Verity, English cricketer (died in 1943) | |
| May 18th, 1904 (May 18 1904) | Birth | Jacob K. Javits, American politician (died in 1986) | |
| May 18th, 1902 (May 18 1902) | Birth | Meredith Willson, American composer (died in 1984) | |
| May 18th, 1901 (May 18 1901) | Birth | Vincent du Vigneaud, American chemist, Nobel laureate (died in 1978) | |
| May 18th, 1900 (May 18 1900) | Event | The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga. | |
| May 18th, 1900 (May 18 1900) | Death | Jean Gaspard Felix Ravaisson-Mollien, French philosopher (born in 1813) | Philo Quotes |
| May 18th, 1897 (May 18 1897) | Event | Dracula, a novel by Irish author Bram Stoker is published. | |
| May 18th, 1897 (May 18 1897) | Birth | Frank Capra, American film producer, director, and writer (died in 1991) | |
| May 18th, 1896 (May 18 1896) | Event | The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that separate but equal is constitutional. | |
| May 18th, 1896 (May 18 1896) | Event | Khodynka Tragedy: A mass panic on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II results in the deaths of 1,389 people. | |
| May 18th, 1892 (May 18 1892) | Birth | Ezio Pinza, Italian-born bass (died in 1957) | |
| May 18th, 1891 (May 18 1891) | Birth | Rudolf Carnap, German philosopher (died in 1970) | Philo Quotes |
| May 18th, 1889 (May 18 1889) | Birth | Thomas Midgley, American chemist and inventor (died in 1944) | |
| May 18th, 1889 (May 18 1889) | Death | Isabella Glyn Dallas, Scottish Shakepearean actress (born in 1823) | |
| May 18th, 1887 (May 18 1887) | Birth | Jeanie MacPherson, American actress and screenwriter (died in 1946) | |
| May 18th, 1883 (May 18 1883) | Birth | Eurico Gaspar Dutra, President of Brazil (died in 1974) | |
| May 18th, 1883 (May 18 1883) | Birth | Walter Gropius, German architect (died in 1969) | |
| May 18th, 1882 (May 18 1882) | Birth | Babe Adams, American baseball player (died in 1968) | |
| May 18th, 1876 (May 18 1876) | Birth | Hermann Muller, Chancellor of Germany (died in 1931) | |
| May 18th, 1872 (May 18 1872) | Birth | Bertrand Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, English mathematician, writer and philosopher, Nobel laureate (died in 1970) | Bertrand Russell Quotes |
| May 18th, 1869 (May 18 1869) | Event | Surrender and dissolution of the Ezo Republic to Japan. | |
| May 18th, 1868 (May 18 1868) | Birth | Nicholas II of Russia, Tsar of Russia (died in 1918) | |
| May 18th, 1863 (May 18 1863) | Event | American Civil War: The Battle of Vicksburg begins. | |
| May 18th, 1851 (May 18 1851) | Birth | James Budd, Governor of California (died in 1908) | |
| May 18th, 1850 (May 18 1850) | Birth | Oliver Heaviside, English physicist (died in 1925) | |
| May 18th, 1848 (May 18 1848) | Event | Opening of the first German National Assembly (Nationalversammlung) in Frankfurt, Germany. | |
| May 18th, 1844 (May 18 1844) | Death | Richard McCarty, American politician (born in 1780) | |
| May 18th, 1829 (May 18 1829) | Death | Maria Josepha of Saxony, queen consort of Spain (born in 1803) | |
| May 18th, 1811 (May 18 1811) | Event | Battle of Las Piedras: The first great military triumph of the revolution of the Rio de la Plata in Uruguay lead by Jose Artigas. | |
| May 18th, 1808 (May 18 1808) | Death | Elijah Craig, American minister and inventor (born in 1738?) | |
| May 18th, 1807 (May 18 1807) | Death | John Douglas, Scottish Anglican bishop and man of letters (born in 1721) | John Scott Quotes |
| May 18th, 1804 (May 18 1804) | Event | Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of the French by the French Senate. | Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes |
| May 18th, 1803 (May 18 1803) | Event | Napoleonic Wars: The United Kingdom revokes the Treaty of Amiens and declares war on France. | |
| May 18th, 1800 (May 18 1800) | Death | Alexander Suvorov, Russian general (born in 1729) | Alexander Suvorov Quotes |
| May 18th, 1799 (May 18 1799) | Death | Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, French playwright (born in 1732) | |
| May 18th, 1797 (May 18 1797) | Birth | Frederick Augustus II of Saxony (died in 1854) | |
| May 18th, 1785 (May 18 1785) | Birth | John Wilson, Scottish writer (died in 1854) | John Scott Quotes |
| May 18th, 1783 (May 18 1783) | Event | First United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada after leaving the United States. | |
| May 18th, 1781 (May 18 1781) | Death | Tupac Amaru II, Peruvian Indian revolutionary, a descendant of the last Inca ruler, Tupac Amaru (born in 1742) | |
| May 18th, 1780 (May 18 1780) | Death | Charles Hardy, British governor of Newfoundland | |
| May 18th, 1778 (May 18 1778) | Birth | Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry (died in 1854) | |
| May 18th, 1765 (May 18 1765) | Event | Fire destroys a large part of Montreal, Quebec. | |
| May 18th, 1733 (May 18 1733) | Death | Georg Bohm, German organist (born in 1761) | |
| May 18th, 1711 (May 18 1711) | Birth | Ruder Josip Boskovic, Croatian atomic theorist (died in 1787) | |
| May 18th, 1692 (May 18 1692) | Death | Elias Ashmole, English antiquarian (born in 1617) | |
| May 18th, 1675 (May 18 1675) | Death | Stanislaw Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (born in 1623) | |
| May 18th, 1675 (May 18 1675) | Death | Jacques Marquette, French Jesuit missionary and explorer (born in 1637) | |
| May 18th, 1652 (May 18 1652) | Event | Rhode Island passes the first law in North America making slavery illegal. | |
| May 18th, 1631 (May 18 1631) | Event | In Dorchester, Massachusetts, John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts. | |
| May 18th, 1616 (May 18 1616) | Birth | Johann Jakob Froberger, German composer (died in 1667) | |
| May 18th, 1610 (May 18 1610) | Birth | Stefano della Bella, Italian printmaker (died in 1664) | |
| May 18th, 1593 (May 18 1593) | Event | Playwright Thomas Kyd s accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe. | Thomas Kyd Quotes |
| May 18th, 1584 (May 18 1584) | Death | Ikeda Motosuke, Japanese samurai commander (born in 1559) | |
| May 18th, 1551 (May 18 1551) | Death | Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter (died in 1486) | |
| May 18th, 1550 (May 18 1550) | Death | John, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (born in 1498) | |
| May 18th, 1498 (May 18 1498) | Event | Vasco da Gama reaches the port of Calicut, India. | |
| May 18th, 1474 (May 18 1474) | Birth | Isabella d Este, Marquise of Mantua (died in 1539) | |
| May 18th, 1450 (May 18 1450) | Death | Sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (born in 1397) | |
| May 18th, 1401 (May 18 1401) | Death | Wladyslaw Opolczyk (German: Ladislaus von Oppel, count palatine of Hungary 1367-1372, governor of Halych-Volhynia 1378, count palatine of Poland | |
| May 18th, 1302 (May 18 1302) | Event | Bruges Matins, the nocturnal massacre of the French garrison in Bruges by members of the local Flemish militia. | |
| May 18th, 1268 (May 18 1268) | Event | The Principality of Antioch, a crusader state, falls to the Mamluk Sultan Baibars in the Battle of Antioch. | |
| May 18th, 1186 (May 18 1186) | Birth | Konstantin of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod (died in 1218) | |
| May 18th, 1152 (May 18 1152) | Event | Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. | |
| May 18th, 1048 (May 18 1048) | Birth | Omar Khayyam, Persian mathematician, poet and philosopher (died in 1131) | Omar Khayyam Quotes |
