About May 18
May 18, 2025 is the 138th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 227 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
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Taurus is the sun 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.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 275 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On May 18
- 1268 –The Principality of Antioch, a crusader state, falls to the Mamluk Sultan Baibars in the Battle of Antioch.
- 1302 –Bruges Matins, the nocturnal massacre of the French garrison in Bruges by members of the local Flemish militia.
- 1593 –Playwright Thomas Kyd’s accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe.
- 1652 –Rhode Island passes the first law in North America making slavery illegal.
- 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.
- 1848 –Opening of the first German National Assembly (Nationalversammlung) in Frankfurt, Germany.
- 1860 –Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination over William H. Seward, who later becomes the United States Secretary of State.
- 1900 –The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga.
- 1927 –The Bath School Disaster: forty-five people are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in Michigan.
- 1933 –New Deal: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an act creating the Tennessee Valley Authority.
- 1944 –World War II: Battle of Monte Cassino – Conclusion after seven days of the fourth battle as German paratroopers evacuate Monte Cassino.
- 1948 –The First Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China officially convenes in Nanking.
- 1953 –Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier.
- 1958 –An F-104 Starfighter sets a world speed record of 1,404.19 mph (2,259.82 km/h).
- 1959 –Launch of the National Liberation Committee of Côte d'Ivoire in Conakry, Guinea.
- 1980 –1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens: Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, United States, killing 57 people and causing $3 billion in damage.
- 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.
- 1995 –Shawn Nelson, 35, goes on a tank rampage in San Diego.
- 2006 –The post Loktantra Andolan government passes a landmark bill curtailing the power of the monarchy and making Nepal a secular country.
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