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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 Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is sábado.
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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)
332
Constantine the Great announced free distributions of food to the citizens in Constantinople.
1498
Vasco da Gama reaches the port of Calicut, India.
1593
Playwright Thomas Kyd’s accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe.
1860
Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination over William H. Seward, who later becomes the United States Secretary of State.
1863
American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg begins.
1896
The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that the “separate but equal” doctrine is constitutional.
1927
The Bath School Disaster: forty-five people are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in Michigan.
1953
Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier.
1965
Israeli spy Eli Cohen was hanged in Damascus, Syria.
1990
In France, a modified TGV train achieves a new rail world speed record of 515.3 km/h (320.2 mph).
Who were born on May 18?
1711
Ruđer Josip Bošković, Croatian atomic theorist (d. 1787)
1822
Mathew Brady, American photographer (d. 1896)
1901
Vincent du Vigneaud, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1978)
1929
Jack Sanford, American baseball player (d. 2000)
1939
Giovanni Falcone, Italian magistrate and Mafia victim (d. 1992)
1970
Billy Howerdel, American guitarist (A Perfect Circle)
1970
Tina Fey, American writer/actress
1975
Jack Johnson, American musician
1983
Vince Young, American football player
1990
Gayoon, South Korean singer (4minute)
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