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May 18th, 2008 (May 18 2008) | Death | Joseph Pevney, American television director | |
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, 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, 1978 (May 18 1978) | Birth | Ricardo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer | |
May 18th, 1978 (May 18 1978) | Birth | Marcus Giles, American baseball 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, 1948 (May 18 1948) | Event | The First Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China officially convenes in Nanking. | |
May 18th, 1928 (May 18 1928) | Birth | Pernell Roberts, American actor | |
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, 1868 (May 18 1868) | Birth | Nicholas II of Russia, Tsar of Russia (died in 1918) | |
May 18th, 1848 (May 18 1848) | Event | Opening of the first German National Assembly (Nationalversammlung) in Frankfurt, Germany. | |
May 18th, 1808 (May 18 1808) | Death | Elijah Craig, American minister and inventor (born in 1738?) | |
May 18th, 1778 (May 18 1778) | Birth | Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry (died in 1854) | |
May 18th, 1498 (May 18 1498) | Event | Vasco da Gama reaches the port of Calicut, India. | |
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, 1048 (May 18 1048) | Birth | Omar Khayyam, Persian mathematician, poet and philosopher (died in 1131) | Omar Khayyam Quotes |