May 18
1642 - The city of Montreal was founded by the French.
1652 - Rhode Island became the first American colony to pass a law abolishing African slavery; however, the law was never enforced.
1804 - Napoleon Bonaparte was proclaimed emperor of France by the French Senate.
1863 - The Siege of Vicksburg began during the Civil War.
1896 - The Supreme Court affirmed racial segregation as "separate but equal" in its Plessy v. Ferguson decision. (The decision was renounced 58 years later by the Brown vs. Board of Education decision.)
1910 - Halley's Comet passed by the Earth.
1920 - Pope John Paul II was born near Krakow, Poland.
1927 - In America’s deadliest school attack, part of a schoolhouse in Bath Township, Michigan, was blown up with explosives planted by local farmer Andrew Kehoe, who then set off a bomb in his truck; the attacks killed 38 children and six adults, including Kehoe, who’d earlier killed his wife. (Authorities said Kehoe, who suffered financial difficulties, was seeking revenge for losing a township clerk election.)
1933 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a measure creating the Tennessee Valley Authority.
1934 - Congress approved, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed, the so-called "Lindbergh Act," providing for the death penalty in cases of interstate kidnapping.
1953 - Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to fly faster than the speed of sound.
1973 - Harvard law professor Archibald Cox was appointed Watergate special prosecutor by U.S. Attorney General Elliot Richardson.
1974 - India became the world's sixth nuclear power.
1980 - Mount St. Helens in Washington erupted after lying dormant for 123 years, leaving 57 people dead or missing.
1981 - The New York Native, a gay newspaper, carried a story concerning rumors of "an exotic new disease" among homosexuals; it was the first published report about what came to be known as AIDS.
1994 - Israeli troops withdrew from the Gaza Strip after three decades of occupation and Palestinians took over.
1998 - The U.S. government filed an antitrust case against Microsoft, saying the powerful software company had a “choke hold” on competitors that was denying consumers important choices about how they bought and used computers. (The Justice Department and Microsoft reached a settlement in 2001.)
2000 - A bill was finally passed that removed the Confederate flag from the South Carolina statehouse.
2003 - President Megawati Sukarnoputri of Indonesia declared martial law and sent 30,000 troops into Aceh.
2004 - Sonia Gandhi stunned her party, the Indian National Congress, by refusing to accept the prime minister position of India.
2013 - French President Francois Hollande signed a law authorizing same-sex marriages and adoption by gay couples.
2015 - President Barack Obama ended long-running federal transfers of some combat-style gear to local law enforcement in an attempt to ease tensions between police and minority communities, saying equipment made for the battlefield should not be a tool of American criminal justice.
2018 - 17-year-old armed with a shotgun and a pistol opened fire at a Houston-area high school, killing eight students and two teachers.
2020 - President Donald Trump said he’d been taking a malaria drug, hydroxychloroquine, and a zinc supplement to protect against the coronavirus despite warnings from his own government that the drug should be administered only in a hospital or research setting.
2022 - Nearly 1,000 last-ditch Ukrainian fighters who had held out inside Mariupol’s pulverized steel plant surrendered, Russia said, as the battle that turned the city into a worldwide symbol of defiance and suffering drew toward a close.
Birthdays
23 - Adison Justis (model)
27 - Madilyn Paige (singer)
28 - Violett Beane (actress)
32 - Spencer Breslin (actor)
39 - Francesca Battistelli (singer)
43 - Allen Leech (actor)
44 - Matt Long (actor)
45 - David Nail (singer)
49 - Jack Johnson (singer)
54 - Tina Fey (actress/comedian)
55 - Martika (actress/singer)
64 - Page Hamilton (singer)
69 - Chow Yun-Fat (actor)
72 - George Strait (singer)
73 - James Stephens (actor)
76 - Joe Bonsall (singer)
78 - Reggie Jackson (baseball player)
83 - Candice Azzara (actress)
100 - Priscilla Pointer (actress)
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Today in Sports History - May 18
1897 - William Joyce (New York Giants) set a record when he hit four triples in one game.
1933 - The first major league All-Star Game was announced. It was to be played on July 6 at Comiskey Park as part of the Chicago World's Fair.
1942 - New York ended night baseball games for the duration of World War II.
1956 - Mickey Mantle hit a home run from both sides of the plate in the same game for the third time.
1971 - The Utah Stars defeat the Kentucky Colonels in seven games to win the ABA championship.
1971 - The Montreal Canadiens defeat the Chicago Blackhawks to win the Stanley Cup.
2000 - Mark McGwire (St. Louis Cardinals) passed Mickey Mantle on the home run career list. He ended the game with 539.
1642 - The city of Montreal was founded by the French.
1652 - Rhode Island became the first American colony to pass a law abolishing African slavery; however, the law was never enforced.
1804 - Napoleon Bonaparte was proclaimed emperor of France by the French Senate.
1863 - The Siege of Vicksburg began during the Civil War.
1896 - The Supreme Court affirmed racial segregation as "separate but equal" in its Plessy v. Ferguson decision. (The decision was renounced 58 years later by the Brown vs. Board of Education decision.)
1910 - Halley's Comet passed by the Earth.
1920 - Pope John Paul II was born near Krakow, Poland.
1927 - In America’s deadliest school attack, part of a schoolhouse in Bath Township, Michigan, was blown up with explosives planted by local farmer Andrew Kehoe, who then set off a bomb in his truck; the attacks killed 38 children and six adults, including Kehoe, who’d earlier killed his wife. (Authorities said Kehoe, who suffered financial difficulties, was seeking revenge for losing a township clerk election.)
1933 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a measure creating the Tennessee Valley Authority.
1934 - Congress approved, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed, the so-called "Lindbergh Act," providing for the death penalty in cases of interstate kidnapping.
1953 - Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to fly faster than the speed of sound.
1973 - Harvard law professor Archibald Cox was appointed Watergate special prosecutor by U.S. Attorney General Elliot Richardson.
1974 - India became the world's sixth nuclear power.
1980 - Mount St. Helens in Washington erupted after lying dormant for 123 years, leaving 57 people dead or missing.
1981 - The New York Native, a gay newspaper, carried a story concerning rumors of "an exotic new disease" among homosexuals; it was the first published report about what came to be known as AIDS.
1994 - Israeli troops withdrew from the Gaza Strip after three decades of occupation and Palestinians took over.
1998 - The U.S. government filed an antitrust case against Microsoft, saying the powerful software company had a “choke hold” on competitors that was denying consumers important choices about how they bought and used computers. (The Justice Department and Microsoft reached a settlement in 2001.)
2000 - A bill was finally passed that removed the Confederate flag from the South Carolina statehouse.
2003 - President Megawati Sukarnoputri of Indonesia declared martial law and sent 30,000 troops into Aceh.
2004 - Sonia Gandhi stunned her party, the Indian National Congress, by refusing to accept the prime minister position of India.
2013 - French President Francois Hollande signed a law authorizing same-sex marriages and adoption by gay couples.
2015 - President Barack Obama ended long-running federal transfers of some combat-style gear to local law enforcement in an attempt to ease tensions between police and minority communities, saying equipment made for the battlefield should not be a tool of American criminal justice.
2018 - 17-year-old armed with a shotgun and a pistol opened fire at a Houston-area high school, killing eight students and two teachers.
2020 - President Donald Trump said he’d been taking a malaria drug, hydroxychloroquine, and a zinc supplement to protect against the coronavirus despite warnings from his own government that the drug should be administered only in a hospital or research setting.
2022 - Nearly 1,000 last-ditch Ukrainian fighters who had held out inside Mariupol’s pulverized steel plant surrendered, Russia said, as the battle that turned the city into a worldwide symbol of defiance and suffering drew toward a close.
Birthdays
23 - Adison Justis (model)
27 - Madilyn Paige (singer)
28 - Violett Beane (actress)
32 - Spencer Breslin (actor)
39 - Francesca Battistelli (singer)
43 - Allen Leech (actor)
44 - Matt Long (actor)
45 - David Nail (singer)
49 - Jack Johnson (singer)
54 - Tina Fey (actress/comedian)
55 - Martika (actress/singer)
64 - Page Hamilton (singer)
69 - Chow Yun-Fat (actor)
72 - George Strait (singer)
73 - James Stephens (actor)
76 - Joe Bonsall (singer)
78 - Reggie Jackson (baseball player)
83 - Candice Azzara (actress)
100 - Priscilla Pointer (actress)
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Today in Sports History - May 18
1897 - William Joyce (New York Giants) set a record when he hit four triples in one game.
1933 - The first major league All-Star Game was announced. It was to be played on July 6 at Comiskey Park as part of the Chicago World's Fair.
1942 - New York ended night baseball games for the duration of World War II.
1956 - Mickey Mantle hit a home run from both sides of the plate in the same game for the third time.
1971 - The Utah Stars defeat the Kentucky Colonels in seven games to win the ABA championship.
1971 - The Montreal Canadiens defeat the Chicago Blackhawks to win the Stanley Cup.
2000 - Mark McGwire (St. Louis Cardinals) passed Mickey Mantle on the home run career list. He ended the game with 539.
