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What happened in history on this day: May 18?
On May 18 in ...
- 1846 - US troops attack Rio Grande, occupying Matamoros.
- 1852 - Massachusetts rules all school-age children must attend school.
- 1861 - Battle of Sewall's Point, Virginia - first Federal offense against CSA.
- 1862 - William H Keim, USA Brigadier-General, dies in battle at age 48.
- 1864 - James Byron Gordon, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies at age 41.
- 1864 - Battle of Yellow Bayou, Louisiana (Bayou de Glaize, Old Oaks).
- 1896 - US Supreme Court affirms "separate but equal" racial policy (Plessy versus Ferguson).
- 1904 - American businessman Ion Perdicaris is kidnapped in Morocco.
- 1908 - US Congress mandates that "In God We Trust" appear on all US coins.
- 1917 - US passes Selective Service Act.
- 1918 - TNT explosion in chemical factory in Oakdale, Pennsylvania, USA kills 200.
- 1927 - "Slide Lake" in Gros Ventre, Wyoming, USA collapses.
- 1933 - Tennessee Valley Act (TVA) signed by President Franklin Roosevelt, to build dams for electricity generation.
- 1934 - US Congress approves "Lindbergh Act", makes kidnapping a capital offense.
- 1934 - Trans-World Airlines begins commercial service.
- 1949 - Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America incorporates.
- 1951 - United Nations moves headquarters to New York City.
- 1951 - US General Collins predicts use of atom bomb in Korea.
- 1955 - 28.7cm rain falls at Lake Maloya, New Mexico, USA (state record).
- 1964 - US Supreme Court rules it is unconstitutional to deprive naturalized citizens of citizenship if they return to home country for more than three years.
- 1967 - Silver on London exchange hits record US$1.60 per troy ounce. The US government stops selling stockpile at $1.2929, and bans export of silver coins.
- 1967 - Tennessee Governor Ellington repeals "Monkey Law", upheld in 1925 Scopes Trial.
- 1967 - US Treasury bans the private melting or export of US silver coins.
- 1969 - Apollo 10 (Stafford/Cernan/Young) launched toward lunar orbit.
- 1971 - US President Richard Nixon rejects the 60 demands of Congressional Black Caucus.
- 1977 - A nightclub fire in Cincinnati, Ohio kills 164.
- 1980 - At Mount Saint Helens, Washington, a magnitude 5.0 earthquake occurs, preceeding an eruption by seconds.
- 1980 - Mount Saint Helens erupts in Washington, killing 57 and causing US$3 billion in damage. 396 metres of the top of the mountain explodes in a gigantic dust cloud.
- 1980 - Death of David A. Johnston, American volcanoligist, victim of Mount Saint Helens' eruption (born 1949).
- 1982 - Unification Church founder Reverend Sun Myung Moon convicted of tax evasion.
- 1983 - US Senate revises immigration laws, gives millions of illegal aliens legal status under an amnesty program.
- 1990 - The United States Postal Service introduces the world's first sheet of postage stamps designed for dispensing by automated bank teller machine. The sheet of twelve peel-and-stick 25-cent stamps is the same thickness and dimensions of paper currency, and sells for $3, the face value of the stamps.
- 1992 - US Supreme Court rules states could not force mentally unstable criminal defendants to take anti-psychotic drugs.
- 1994 - Tropical Butterfly Garden at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo opens.
- 1998 - The US Department of Justice and twenty state attorneys general file a lawsuit against Microsoft, charging the company with violations of the Sherman Act: exclusive dealing and unlawful tying, monopoly maintenance in the operating system market, and attempted monopoly of the browser market.
Births on May 18
- 1902 - Birth of [Robert] Meredith Willson in Mason City, Iowa, USA; composer (Music Man).
- 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).
- 1912 - Birth of Richard Brooks in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; director (Blackboard Jungle, In Cold Blood).
- 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 Jack Whitaker in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; sportscaster (ABC, CBS).
- 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).
- 1930 - Birth of Barbara Goldsmith in New Rochelle, New York, USA; author (Little Gloria Happy At Last).
- 1930 - Birth of Don Leslie Lind in Midvale, Utah, USA; astronaut (STS 51-B).
- 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).
- 1939 - Birth of Glen Hardin in Texas, USA; rocker (Crickets).
- 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 Joe Bonsall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; country singer (Oak Ridge Boys - "Elvira").
- 1949 - Birth of Stuart Gannes in Detroit, Michigan, USA; writer (Fortune).
- 1951 - Birth of James Stephens in Mount Kisko, New York, USA; actor (Paper Chase, Devil's Island).
- 1952 - Birth of George Strait in Pearsall, Texas, USA; country singer ("All My Ex's Live in Texas", "Beyond the Blue Neon").
- 1952 - Birth of Martin R Hoke; American politician (Representative-Republican-Ohio).
- 1962 - Birth of Mike Whitmarsh in San Diego, California, USA; beach volleyball player (Olympics-silver-1996).
- 1965 - Birth of Erik Hanson in Kinnelon, New Jersey, USA; pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays).
- 1967 - Birth of Jaime Gomez in Arlington, Texas, USA; Nike golfer (1992 Boise Open).
- 1969 - Birth of Martika [Marta Marrero] in Whittier, California, USA; singer (Toy Soldiers).
- 1971 - Birth of Clifton Sunada in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA; extra-lightweight judoka (Olympics-1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Lael Perlstrom in Laguna Beach, California, USA; WPVA volleyball player (US Open-25-1995).
- 1978 - Birth of Jennifer Streblow in Oshkosh, Wisconsin; Miss America-Wisconsin (1997).
- 1979 - Birth of Kaci Thompson; Miss Nevada Teen USA (1997).
Deaths on May 18
- 1862 - William H Keim, USA Brigadier-General, dies in battle at age 48.
- 1864 - James Byron Gordon, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies at age 41.
- 1917 - Death of Bela Lyon Pratt; US gold coin designer.
- 1974 - Daniel R Topping, US owner (New York Yankees), dies at age 61.
- 1980 - Death of David A. Johnston, American volcanoligist, victim of Mount Saint Helens' eruption (born 1949).
- 1981 - William Saroyan, American stagewriter (Time of your life), dies at age 72 (born 1908).
- 1987 - Wilbur J Cohen, first employee of US Social Security System, dies at age 73.
- 1988 - Daws Butler, cartoon voice (Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound), dies at age 71 (born 1916).
- 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).
- 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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