May 18 in history
Events on May 18
Notable events that happened on May 18 in past years.
- 2026
A shooting carried out by two gunmen at the Islamic Center of San Diego results in the deaths of five people, including the perpetrators.
Wikipedia article: 2026 Islamic Center of San Diego shooting - 2015
At least 78 people die in a landslide caused by heavy rains in the Colombian town of Salgar.
Wikipedia article: 2015 Colombian landslide - 1993
Riots in Nørrebro, Copenhagen, caused by the approval of the four Danish exceptions in the Maastricht Treaty referendum. Police open fire against civilians for the first time since World War II and injure 11 demonstrators.
Wikipedia article: Nørrebro - 1980
Students in Gwangju, South Korea begin demonstrations calling for democratic reforms.
Wikipedia article: Gwangju Uprising - 1972
During approach to Kharkiv International Airport, Aeroflot Flight 1491 crashes near Ruska Lozova, killing all 112 aboard.
Wikipedia article: Kharkiv International Airport - 1955
Operation Passage to Freedom, the evacuation of 310,000 Vietnamese civilians, soldiers and non-Vietnamese members of the French Army from communist North Vietnam to South Vietnam following the end of the First Indochina War, ends.
Wikipedia article: Operation Passage to Freedom - 1933
New Deal: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an act creating the Tennessee Valley Authority.
Wikipedia article: New Deal - 1922
Seamus Woods and Roger McCorley lead an Irish Republican Army attack on the headquarters of the Royal Irish Constabulary in Belfast.
Wikipedia article: Seamus Woods - 1896
The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that the "separate but equal" doctrine is constitutional.
Wikipedia article: Supreme Court of the United States - 1843
The Disruption in Edinburgh of the Free Church of Scotland from the Church of Scotland.
Wikipedia article: Disruption of 1843 - 1803
Napoleonic Wars: The United Kingdom revokes the Treaty of Amiens and declares war on France.
Wikipedia article: Napoleonic Wars - 1652
Slavery in Rhode Island is abolished, although the law is not rigorously enforced.
Wikipedia article: History of Rhode Island - 1499
Alonso de Ojeda sets sail from Cádiz on his voyage to what is now Venezuela.
Wikipedia article: Alonso de Ojeda - 1152
The future Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. He would become king two years later, after the death of his cousin once removed King Stephen of England.
- 332
Emperor Constantine the Great announces free distributions of food to the citizens in Constantinople.
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