• May 18 2006

    7 Years ago

    The post 2006 democracy movement in Nepal government passes a landmark bill curtailing the power of the monarchy and making Nepal a secular country.


  • May 18 1998

    15 Years ago

    ''United States v. Microsoft:'' The United States Department of Justice and 20 U.S. states file an antitrust case against Microsoft.


  • May 18 1993

    20 Years ago

    European Union-riots in Nørrebro, Copenhagen caused by the approval of the four Denmark exceptions in the Danish_Maastricht_Treaty_referendum%2C_1993#Riots. Police opened fire against civilians for the first time since World War II and injured 11 demonstrators. In total 113 bullets were fired.


  • May 18 1992

    21 Years ago

    The Archivist of the United States officially announces the Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution.


  • May 18 1991

    22 Years ago

    Helen Sharman from Sheffield becomes the first Briton to orbit in space.


  • May 18 1991

    22 Years ago

    Northern Somalia declares independence from the rest of Somalia as the Republic of Somaliland but is unrecognised by the international community.


  • May 18 1990

    23 Years ago

    In France, a modified TGV train achieves a new Land speed record for railed vehicles of TGV world speed record.


  • May 18 1983

    30 Years ago

    In Ireland, the Irish Government launches a crackdown, with the leading Dublin pirate Radio Nova (Ireland) being put off the air.


  • May 18 1980

    33 Years ago

    1980 Mount St. Helens eruption: Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, killing 57 people and causing $3 billion in damage.


  • May 18 1980

    33 Years ago

    Gwangju Massacre: Students in Gwangju, South Korea begin demonstrations, calling for democratic reforms.


  • May 18 1974

    39 Years ago

    Nuclear test: Under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so.


  • May 18 1974

    39 Years ago

    Completion of the Warsaw radio mast, the tallest construction ever built at the time. It later collapses on August 8, 1991.


  • May 18 1969

    44 Years ago

    Apollo program: Apollo 10 is launched.


  • May 18 1959

    54 Years ago

    Launching of the National Liberation Committee of Côte d'Ivoire in Conakry, Guinea.


  • May 18 1958

    55 Years ago

    An F-104 Starfighter sets a world speed record of 2,259.82 km/h (1,404.19 mph).


  • May 18 1953

    60 Years ago

    Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier.


  • May 18 1948

    65 Years ago

    The First Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China officially convenes in Nanking.


  • May 18 1944

    69 Years ago

    World War II: Battle of Monte Cassino - Conclusion after seven days of the fourth battle as Nazi Germany paratroopers ("Fallschirmjäger") evacuate Monte Cassino.


  • May 18 1944

    69 Years ago

    Deportation of Crimean Tatars by the Soviet Union government.


  • May 18 1944

    69 Years ago

    World War II: Schutzstaffel troops burn down six villages in the Brkini hills in south western Slovenia.



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