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May 18: Day of the Week
May 18, 2024 is the 139th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 227 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Doyōbi.
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Here’s the May calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Taurus is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
May 18 Historical Event(s)
1302
Bruges Matins, the nocturnal massacre of the French garrison in Bruges by members of the local Flemish militia.
1803
Napoleonic Wars: The United Kingdom revokes the Treaty of Amiens and declares war on France.
1804
Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of the French by the French Senate.
1812
John Bellingham is found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging for the assassination of British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval.
1927
The Bath School Disaster: forty-five people are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in Michigan.
1944
World War II: Battle of Monte Cassino – Conclusion after seven days of the fourth battle as German paratroopers evacuate Monte Cassino.
1956
First ascent of Lhotse 8,516 meters, by a Swiss team.
1958
An F-104 Starfighter sets a world speed record of 1,404.19 mph (2,259.82 km/h).
1965
Israeli spy Eli Cohen was hanged in Damascus, Syria.
1993
EU - riots in Nørrebro, Copenhagen caused by the approval of the four Danish exceptions in the Maastricht Treaty referendum. Police opened fire against civilians for the first time since World War II and injured 11 demonstrators. In total 113 bullets are fired.
Who were born on May 18?
1474
Isabella d'Este, Marquise of Mantua (d. 1539)
1907
Lincoln Stedman, American actor d. 1948
1913
Charles Trenet, French singer and songwriter (d. 2001)
1913
Mary Howard de Liagre, American actress (d. 2009)
1931
Robert Morse, American actor
1939
Giovanni Falcone, Italian magistrate and Mafia victim (d. 1992)
1957
Michael Cretu, Romanian-born German musician (Enigma)
1959
Jay Wells, Canadian ice hockey player
1979
Julián Speroni, Argentine footballer
1982
Jason Brown, English footballer
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