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 apparently never enforced.
1804 - Napoleon Bonaparte was proclaimed Emperor of France by the French Senate.
1860 - The Republican Party convention in Chicago nominated Abraham Lincoln for president.
1896 - The Supreme Court affirmed racial segregation in its Plessy v. Ferguson case as "separate but equal." This precedent was later overturned in the Brown v. Board of Education ruling in 1954.
1897 - A public reading of Bram Stoker's new novel "Dracula, or, The Un-dead" was staged in London.
1910 - Halley’s Comet passed by earth, brushing it with its tail.
1920 - The future 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 - The Tennessee Valley Authority was created.
1953 - Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to fly faster than the speed of sound.
1969 - Apollo 10 was launched on a mission that served as a dress rehearsal for the first moon landing.
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 state 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 federal government filed a sweeping antitrust suit against Microsoft Corp.
2000 - A bill was finally passed that removed the Confederate flag from the South Carolina statehouse.
2003 - "Les Miserables," the third-longest running show in Broadway history, closed after more than 16 years and 6,680 performances.
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 role of prime minister of India.
2009 - Sri Lanka's 25-year civil war ended with the government announcing it had defeated the Tamil Tiger rebels and killed their leader.
2011 - Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigned as head of the International Monetary Fund, saying he wanted to devote all his energy to battling the sexual assault charges he faced in New York. (The charges were later dropped.)
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.
2016 - In an unusual move, Republican Donald Trump released a list of 11 potential Supreme Court justices he would consider if elected president (not included was Trump’s eventual first pick for the nation’s highest bench, Neil Gorsuch).
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. Moderna announced that an experimental vaccine against the coronavirus showed encouraging results in early testing.
Birthdays
20 - Adison Justis (model)
25 - Josefine Pettersen (actress)
25 - Gabriella Brooks (model)
25 - Violett Beane (actress)
26 - Shivangi Joshi (actress)
28 - Brooke Wexler (actress)
29 - Spencer Breslin (actor)
33 - Danielle Victor (reality star)
40 - Allen Leech (actor)
41 - Matt Long (actor)
42 - David Nail (country singer)
46 - Jack Johnson (singer)
51 - Tina Fey (actress/comedian)
52 - Martika (singer/actress)
66 - Chow Yun-Fat (actor)
69 - George Strait (country singer)
70 - James Stephens (actor)
73 - Joe Bonsall (country singer)
75 - Reggie Jackson (baseball player)
80 - Candice Azzara (actress)
83 - Brooks Robinson (baseball player)
90 - Robert Morse (actor)
97 - 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.
1956 - Mickey Mantle hit a home run from both sides of the plate 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 in seven games to win the Stanley Cup.
2000 - Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals passed Mickey Mantle on the career home run list with his 539th.
2004 - Randy Johnson, age 40, became the oldest pitcher in major league history to throw a perfect game and the 16th player to ever do so, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 2-0 win over the Atlanta Braves.
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 apparently never enforced.
1804 - Napoleon Bonaparte was proclaimed Emperor of France by the French Senate.
1860 - The Republican Party convention in Chicago nominated Abraham Lincoln for president.
1896 - The Supreme Court affirmed racial segregation in its Plessy v. Ferguson case as "separate but equal." This precedent was later overturned in the Brown v. Board of Education ruling in 1954.
1897 - A public reading of Bram Stoker's new novel "Dracula, or, The Un-dead" was staged in London.
1910 - Halley’s Comet passed by earth, brushing it with its tail.
1920 - The future 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 - The Tennessee Valley Authority was created.
1953 - Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to fly faster than the speed of sound.
1969 - Apollo 10 was launched on a mission that served as a dress rehearsal for the first moon landing.
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 state 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 federal government filed a sweeping antitrust suit against Microsoft Corp.
2000 - A bill was finally passed that removed the Confederate flag from the South Carolina statehouse.
2003 - "Les Miserables," the third-longest running show in Broadway history, closed after more than 16 years and 6,680 performances.
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 role of prime minister of India.
2009 - Sri Lanka's 25-year civil war ended with the government announcing it had defeated the Tamil Tiger rebels and killed their leader.
2011 - Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigned as head of the International Monetary Fund, saying he wanted to devote all his energy to battling the sexual assault charges he faced in New York. (The charges were later dropped.)
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.
2016 - In an unusual move, Republican Donald Trump released a list of 11 potential Supreme Court justices he would consider if elected president (not included was Trump’s eventual first pick for the nation’s highest bench, Neil Gorsuch).
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. Moderna announced that an experimental vaccine against the coronavirus showed encouraging results in early testing.
Birthdays
20 - Adison Justis (model)
25 - Josefine Pettersen (actress)
25 - Gabriella Brooks (model)
25 - Violett Beane (actress)
26 - Shivangi Joshi (actress)
28 - Brooke Wexler (actress)
29 - Spencer Breslin (actor)
33 - Danielle Victor (reality star)
40 - Allen Leech (actor)
41 - Matt Long (actor)
42 - David Nail (country singer)
46 - Jack Johnson (singer)
51 - Tina Fey (actress/comedian)
52 - Martika (singer/actress)
66 - Chow Yun-Fat (actor)
69 - George Strait (country singer)
70 - James Stephens (actor)
73 - Joe Bonsall (country singer)
75 - Reggie Jackson (baseball player)
80 - Candice Azzara (actress)
83 - Brooks Robinson (baseball player)
90 - Robert Morse (actor)
97 - 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.
1956 - Mickey Mantle hit a home run from both sides of the plate 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 in seven games to win the Stanley Cup.
2000 - Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals passed Mickey Mantle on the career home run list with his 539th.
2004 - Randy Johnson, age 40, became the oldest pitcher in major league history to throw a perfect game and the 16th player to ever do so, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 2-0 win over the Atlanta Braves.
