Page 5: Historical Events In May - 18

1913  On May - 18 otto Reubke, composer, dies at 70   

1914  Anthony Fell, British MP on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1915  On May - 18 leon Shenandoah, native American leader   

1916  On May - 18 uS pilot Kiffin Rockwell shoots down German aircraft   

1917  On May - 18 uS passes Selective Service act   

1917  On May - 18 satie/Massine/Picasso's ballet "Parade," premieres in Paris   

1917  On this day in history charles Wintour, journalist   

1918  On May - 18 netherlands Indian Volksraad installed in Batavia   

1918  The birth of Pope John Paul II, Head of the Catholic Church on this day in history.   

1918  TNT explosion in chemical factory in Oakdale PA kills 200 on this day in history.   

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  Margot Fonteyn, Surrey England, prima ballerina (Giselle) on this day in history.   

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

1920  On this day in history john Paul II, [Karol Wojtyla], Poland, Pope (1978-2005)   

1921  Anthony Epstein, FRS/pathologist on May - 18.   

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 this day in history.   

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 May - 18.   

1926  Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson vanished in Venice Calif She showed up a month later & said she had been kidnapped on May - 18.   

1927  On May - 18 ritz Hotel opens in Boston   

1927  "Slide Lake" in Gros Ventre Wyoming collapses on this day in history.   

1927  On this day in history richard Body, MP   

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 May - 18 johan N Block, aviation pioneer (Martinair/Transavia/Air Holland)   

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

1930  On May - 18 joao Marcellino Arroyo, composer, dies at 68   

1933  Tennessee Valley Act (TVA) Act signed by FDR, to build dams on May - 18.   

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

1186  On this day in history 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  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 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  On this day in history john I, Pope (523-26), dies   

1160  Erik IX Helgi, [The Saint], King of Sweden, dies on May - 18.   

1401  Death of WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw Opolczyk (German: Ladislaus von Oppel, count palatine of Hungary 1367-1372, governor of Halych-Volhynia 1372 on May - 18.   

1410  Ruprecht, Roman catholics German king, dies on this day in history.   

1450  On May - 18 death of sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1397)   

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)