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What happened in history on this day: May 18?
On May 18 in ...
- 1960 - Eileen Fulton begins playing Lisa on TV show As the World Turns (continues for over 30 years).
- 1978 - The final episode of US TV show Baretta airs.
- 1998 - CBS airs the final episode of TV show Murphy Brown.
- 2007 - Paramount releases the film Shrek the Third to theaters.
Births on May 18
- 1897 - Birth of Frank Capra in Palermo, Sicily, Italy; movie director (It's a Wonderful Life, Arsenic and Old Lace).
- 1897 - Birth of Jack Raine in London, England; actor (Quartet).
- 1903 - Birth of George E Stone in Lodz, Poland; actor (Viva Villa, Last Mile).
- 1911 - Birth of Sigrid Gurie in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Algiers, Sofia, Refugee).
- 1912 - Birth of Perry [Pierino] Como in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, USA; singer/TV host (Perry Como Show).
- 1917 - Birth of James Donald in Aberdeen, Scotland; actor (The Bridge on the River Kwai, Vikings).
- 1922 - Birth of Bill Macy in Revere, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Walter - Maude, Oh! Calcutta).
- 1923 - Birth of Liam Sullivan in Jacksonville, Illinois, USA; actor (Mapoy - Monroes).
- 1924 - Birth of Priscilla Pointer in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Rebecca - Dallas, Call to Glory).
- 1928 - Birth of Pernell Roberts in Waycross, Georgia, USA; actor (Adam Cartwright - Bonanza, Trapper John MD).
- 1931 - Birth of Robert Morse in Newton, Massachusetts, USA; American actor (That's Life, Jack Frost).
- 1934 - Birth of Dwayne Hickman in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Dobie Gillis, How to Stuff a Wild Bikini).
- 1941 - Birth of Diane McBain in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; actress (Surfside Six, Spinout, Donner Pass).
- 1947 - Birth of Candice Azzara in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (Fatso).
- 1948 - Birth of Felix MH Troch; Flemish actor/director (Gekkenbriefje).
- 1951 - Birth of James Stephens in Mount Kisko, New York, USA; actor (Paper Chase, Devil's Island).
- 1955 - Birth of Yun Fat Chow in Nam Nga Island, Hong Kong; actor (Better Tomorrow).
Deaths on May 18
- 1961 - Henry O'Neill, actor (Lady Killer, Nothing But Trouble), dies.
- 1967 - Death of Andy Clyde at age 75; actor (Mack Sennett Comedies, California Carlson - Hopalong Cassidy radio show, Real McCoys TV show, No Time for Sergeants, Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, Fury, The Texan, Gunsmoke, The Tall Man, Circus Boy).
- 1967 - Richard Ainley, actor (I Dood It, Above Suspicion), dies at age 56.
- 1981 - Death of Arthur O'Connell at age 73 from Alzheimer's Disease; actor (Mr. Peepers TV show, Second Hundred Years).
- 1985 - Tex Terry, actor (Apache Rose, Timberjack), dies at age 82.
- 1988 - Daws Butler, cartoon voice (Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound), dies at age 71 (born 1916).
- 1990 - Jill Ireland, English actress (Carry on Nurse, Family), dies of cancer at age 54 (born 1936).
- 1991 - Edwina Booth, actress (Trader Horn), dies of heart failure at age 86.
- 1992 - Death of Marshall Thompson of congestive heart failure at age 66; actor (Daktari TV show, Bog).
- 1992 - Skip Stephenson, comedian/TV host (Real People), dies of heart attack at age 52.
- 1995 - Alexander Gudonov, Russian dancer/actor (Witness), dies at age 45 (born 1949).
- 1995 - Elisha Cook Junior, American actor (Maltese Falcon, Shane), dies at age 91 (born 1903).
- 1995 - Elizabeth Montgomery, American actress (Bewitched), dies of cancer at age 62 (born 1933).
- 1995 - Robert Harris, actor (Werewolf of London), dies at age 95.
- 2014 - Death of Gordon Willis, American cinematographer (born 1931).
- 2023 - Death of Marlene Clark at age 85 at home in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Sanford and Son TV show, Ganja & Hess movie (1973)).
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