Page 5: Historical Events In May - 18

1913  Otto Reubke, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1914  On May - 18 anthony Fell, British MP   

1915  On May - 18 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   

1915  Leon Shenandoah, native American leader on this day in history.   

1916  US pilot Kiffin Rockwell shoots down German aircraft on May - 18.   

1917  On this day in history uS passes Selective Service act   

1917  Satie/Massine/Picasso's ballet "Parade," premieres in Paris on this day in history.   

1917  On May - 18 charles Wintour, journalist   

1918  On May - 18 netherlands Indian Volksraad installed in Batavia   

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

1918  On this day in history tNT explosion in chemical factory in Oakdale PA kills 200   

1918  On this day in history neth Indian Volksraad installed in Batavia   

1918  On this day in history john Paul II, [Karol Wojtyla], 264th Roman Catholic pope (1978- )   

1918  Toivo Kuula, composer, dies at 34 on May - 18.   

1919  On May - 18 margot Fonteyn, Surrey England, prima ballerina (Giselle)   

1920  46th Preakness: Clarence Kummer aboard Man o' War wins in 1:51.6 on this day in history.   

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

1921  Anthony Epstein, FRS/pathologist on this day in history.   

1922  On May - 18 dutch 2nd Chamber agrees to 48 hour work week (was 45 hours)   

1922  On this day in history dutch 2nd Chamber agrees to 48 hour work week (was 45 hrs)   

1922  On this day in history bill Macy, Revere Mass, actor (Walter-Maude, Oh! Calcutta)   

1923  Liam Sullivan, Jacksonville Ill, actor (Mapoy-Monroes) on May - 18.   

1924  On this day in history jack Whitaker, Phila Pa, sportscaster (ABC, CBS)   

1926  On May - 18 evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson vanished in Venice CA; She showed up a month later & said she had been kidnapped   

1926  On this day in history evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson vanished in Venice Calif She showed up a month later & said she had been kidnapped   

1927  On May - 18 ritz Hotel opens in Boston   

1927  On May - 18 "Slide Lake" in Gros Ventre Wyoming collapses   

1927  Richard Body, MP on May - 18.   

1928  On this day in history g R Hall, nuclear scientist   

1929  On May - 18 55th Kentucky Derby: Linus McAtee on Clyde Van Dusen wins in 2:10.8   

1929  Johan N Block, aviation pioneer (Martinair/Transavia/Air Holland) on this day in history.   

1930  Barbara Goldsmith, New Rochelle, author (Little Gloria Happy At Last) on May - 18.   

1930  Joao Marcellino Arroyo, composer, dies at 68 on May - 18.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1662  George Smalridge, English bishop of Bristol (d. 1719) was born on this day in history.   

1692  Joseph Butler, Wantage Berkshire, theologian was born on May - 18.   

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  On May - 18 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  Ruprecht, Roman catholics German king, dies on May - 18.   

1450  On this day in history death of sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1397)   

1550  Death of John, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (b. 1498) on May - 18.   

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

1584  Death of Ikeda Motosuke, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1559) on this day in history.