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

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

1917  On May - 18 uS passes Selective Service act   

1917  On this day in history satie/Massine/Picasso's ballet "Parade," premieres in Paris   

1917  Charles Wintour, journalist on this day in history.   

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

1918  On May - 18 the birth of Pope John Paul II, Head of the Catholic Church   

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

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

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

1918  Toivo Kuula, composer, dies at 34 on this day in history.   

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

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

1920  John Paul II, [Karol Wojtyla], Poland, Pope (1978-2005) on this day in history.   

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

1922  On May - 18 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  Bill Macy, Revere Mass, actor (Walter-Maude, Oh! Calcutta) on this day in history.   

1923  Liam Sullivan, Jacksonville Ill, actor (Mapoy-Monroes) on this day in history.   

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

1926  Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson vanished in Venice CA; She showed up a month later & said she had been kidnapped on this day in history.   

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  Ritz Hotel opens in Boston on May - 18.   

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

1927  Richard Body, MP on May - 18.   

1928  G R Hall, nuclear scientist on May - 18.   

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

1929  On this day in history johan N Block, aviation pioneer (Martinair/Transavia/Air Holland)   

1930  On this day in history barbara Goldsmith, New Rochelle, author (Little Gloria Happy At Last)   

1930  On this day in history 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  Konstantin of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod (d. 1218) was born on this day in history.   

1474  On May - 18 birth of isabella d'Este, Marquise of Mantua (d. 1539)   

1551  Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter (d. 1486) was born on this day in history.   

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 May - 18.   

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

1160  On this day in history erik IX Helgi, [The Saint], King of Sweden, dies   

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 May - 18.   

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

1550  On this day in history death of john, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (b. 1498)   

1551  Death of Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter (d. 1486) on May - 18.   

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