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May 18: Day of the Week
May 18, 2024 was the 139th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 227 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was 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)
1498
Vasco da Gama reaches the port of Calicut, India.
1756
The Seven Years’ War begins when Great Britain declares war on France.
1812
John Bellingham is found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging for the assassination of British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval.
1896
Khodynka Tragedy: A mass panic on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II results in the deaths of 1,389 people.
1926
Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears while visiting a Venice, California beach.
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.
1983
In Ireland, the government launches a crackdown, with the leading Dublin pirate Radio Nova being put off the air.
1990
In France, a modified TGV train achieves a new rail world speed record of 515.3 km/h (320.2 mph).
2006
The post Loktantra Andolan government passes a landmark bill curtailing the power of the monarchy and making Nepal a secular country.
2009
Sri Lankan Civil War: The LTTE are defeated by the Sri Lankan government, ending almost 26 years of fighting between the two sides.
Who were born on May 18?
1868
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia (d. 1918)
1931
Robert Morse, American actor
1937
Jacques Santer, Luxembourg statesman
1942
Nobby Stiles, English footballer
1946
Andreas Katsulas, American actor (d. 2006)
1962
Nanne Grönvall, Swedish singer
1980
Diego Pérez, Uruguayan footballer
1982
Jason Brown, English footballer
1984
Niki Terpstra, Dutch cyclist
1990
Gayoon, South Korean singer (4minute)
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