Page 9: Historical Events In May - 18

1991  USSR launches 2 cosmonauts to MIR space station on May - 18.   

1991  On this day in history edwina Booth, actress (Trader Horn), dies of heart failure at 86   

1992  Supreme Court rules states could not force mentally unstable criminal defendants to take anti-psychotic drugs on May - 18.   

1992  On this day in history lawrence Welk, bandleader (L Welk Show), dies of pneumonia at 89   

1993  On this day in history danish people vote in favor of ratifying the Maastricht Treaty   

1993  On this day in history italian police arrest Mafia boss Benedetto "Nitto" Santapaola   

1993  On this day in history heinrich Albertz, theologist/mayor of Berlin (1966-67), dies at 78   

1994  AC Milan wins Europe Cup 1 4-0 against Barcelona on May - 18.   

1994  Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip on this day in history.   

1994  AC Milan wins Europe Cup 1: 4-0 against Barcelona on May - 18.   

1995  On May - 18 alexander Gudonov, Russian dancer/actor (Witness), dies at 45   

1996  On this day in history dermot O'Callaghan Grubb, prison governor, dies at 76   

1998  On this day in history justice Department and 20 state attorneys general sue Microsoft, charging it illegally thwarted competition to protect and extend its monopoly on software.   

2008  Joseph Pevney, American television director on this day in history.   

2009  On this day in history sri Lankan Civil War: e LTTE are defeated by e Sri Lankan government, ending almo 26 years of fighting between e two sides.   

2013  On this day in history rC Toulonnais defeat ASM Clermont Auvergne to win the rugby Heineken Cup final   

2014  Adam Scott overtakes Tiger Woods as the No. 1 ranked golfer in the world on this day in history.   

2018  On this day in history santa Fe High School shooting; 17 year-old shooter kills 10 and injures 10 in Santa Fe, Texas   

2018  On May - 18 mexican Damojh airlines flight crashes near Havana airport, Cuba, killing 110 with just 3 survivors   

2018  On this day in history all of Chile's 34 Roman Catholic bishops offer their resignation to Pope Francis in wake of child sex scandal   

2018  K-pop boy band BTS release their album "Love Yourself: Tear", sells 135,000 first week on this day in history.   

2018  On May - 18 cubana de Aviación Flight 972 crashes shortly after take-off near José Martí International Airport in Havana, killing 112 and leaving only one survivor.   

2020  On this day in history uS President Donald Trump confirms he is taking controversial drug hydroxychloroquine against Covid-19   

2020  On this day in history the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs announces that nearly 1 million people are affected and at least 24 people have died in flash floods that have hit Beledweyne and Jowhar, Somalia.   

2020  On May - 18 in a historic move, the World Health Organization holds its annual World Health Assembly using video conferencing instead of in-person meetings.   

2021  The Eurovision Song Contest 2021 is held in Rotterdam, Netherlands, after the cancellation of the 2020 contest due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2021 contest is won by Italian entrants MÃ¥neskin with the song "Zitti e buoni".[100] on this day in history.   

2023  Final Indiana Jones film "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" premieres at the Cannes Film Festival, starring Harrison Ford and Phoebe Waller-Bridge , directed by James Mangold and executive produced by Steven Spielberg and George Lucas on this day in history.   

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1048  On May - 18 birth of omar Khayyám, Persian mathematician, poet and philosopher (d. 1131)   

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 May - 18.   

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 May - 18.   

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

1711  On this day in history birth of ruggiero G Boscovich, [Rudzer J Boskovic], Italian astronomer   

0526  John I, Pope (523-26), dies on this day in history.   

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

1401  On May - 18 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  Death of Sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1397) on May - 18.   

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 this day in history.   

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