Page 8: Historical Events In May - 18

1974  "The Streak" by Ray Stevens hits #1 on May - 18.   

1974  On May - 18 india becomes 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb   

1974  On May - 18 daniel R Topping, US owner (NY Yankees), dies at 61   

1975  Leroy Anderson, composer, dies at 66 on May - 18.   

1977  On this day in history a nightclub fire in Cincinnati killed 164   

1977  Menachem Begin becomes Israel's Prime Minister on May - 18.   

1978  Italy legalizes abortion on May - 18.   

1978  Russian dissident Yuri Orlov exiled to compulsory work on this day in history.   

1980  On May - 18 belgium 3rd Government of Martens forms   

1980  On May - 18 china People's Republic launch first intercontinental rocket   

1980  Fernando Belaunde Terry elected President of Peru on this day in history.   

1980  On May - 18 in Washington State, a 5.2 quake was felt (V) at Yakima and (IV) in many parts of Washington and Oregon. This earthquake occurred only seconds before the explosion which began the eruption of Mount St. Helens volcano.   

1980  On May - 18 mount St Helens blows its top in Washington State, 60 die   

1980  Mt St. Helens, North America, erupts causing widespread damage on this day in history.   

1980  On May - 18 ian Curtis, English rock vocalist (Joy Division), commit suicide at 23   

1981  Arthur O'Connell, actor (Mr Peepers, 2nd Hundred Years), dies at 73 on May - 18.   

1982  Unification Church founder Reverend Sun Myung Moon convicted of tax evasion on this day in history.   

1983  On May - 18 senate revises immigration laws, gives millions of illegal aliens legal status under an amnesty program   

1983  Sri Lanka impose a State of Emergency after election violence on May - 18.   

1985  On May - 18 "One Night In Bangkok" by Murray Head hits #3   

1985  The first remote location for "Nightline" (South Africa) on May - 18.   

1985  Tex Terry, actor (Apache Rose, Timberjack), dies at 82 on May - 18.   

1986  Chung Kwung Ying does 2,750 "atomic" hand-stand push-ups on May - 18.   

1986  South African army occupies Botswana, Zimbabwe & Zambia on this day in history.   

1986  John Bubbles Sublett, tap dancer (Black & Bubbles), dies at 84 on May - 18.   

1987  On May - 18 wilbur J Cohen, 1st employee of Social Security System, dies at 73   

1988  On May - 18 daws Butler, cartoon voice (Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound), dies at 71   

1989  On May - 18 lisa Strawberry files for divorce from Darryl   

1990  "Return To Green Acres" TV movie airs on this day in history.   

1990  On May - 18 east and West Germany sign a monetary union treaty   

1990  On this day in history judy Carne arrested at JFK airport on an 11 year old drug warrant   

1990  Treaty forming the basis for monetary union between East and West Germany signed on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history jill Ireland, actress (Carry on Nurse, Family), dies of cancer at 54   

1991  On May - 18 france performs nuclear test at Muruora Island   

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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 May - 18.   

1474  On this day in history birth of isabella d'Este, Marquise of Mantua (d. 1539)   

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 May - 18.   

1662  George Smalridge, English bishop of Bristol (d. 1719) was born on May - 18.   

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  On May - 18 john I, Pope (523-26), dies   

1160  Erik IX Helgi, [The Saint], King of Sweden, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1584  On May - 18 death of ikeda Motosuke, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1559)