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Emperor Constantine the Great announces free distributions of food to the citizens in Constantinople

Constantine I (27 February 272 – 22 May 337), also known as Constantine the Great, was Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337 and the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity. He played a pivotal role in elevating the status of Christianity in the Roman Empire, the Edict of Milan decriminalising Christian practice and ceasing Christian persecution. This was a turning point in the Christianisation of the Roman Empire.

Louis II of Italy is crowned for the second time as Holy Roman Emperor at Rome, at the age of 47. His first coronation was 28 years earlier, in 844, during the reign of his father Lothair I

Louis II (825 – 12 August 875), sometimes called the Younger, was the king of Italy and emperor of the Carolingian Empire from 844, co-ruling with his father Lothair I until 855, after which he ruled alone. Louis's usual title was imperator augustus ("august emperor"), but he used imperator Romanorum ("emperor of the Romans") after his conquest of Bari in 871, which led to poor relations with the Eastern Roman Empire.

Pope Benedict VIII begins his papacy following the death of his predecessor Pope Sergius IV earlier that month

Pope Benedict VIII (Latin: Benedictus VIII; c. 980 – 9 April 1024) was bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 18 May 1012 until 1024. He was born Theophylact of Tusculum to the noble family of the counts of Tusculum. Unusually for a medieval pope, he had strong authority both in Rome and abroad. Theophylact was born to Count Gregory I of Tusculum.

Worms massacre (1096)

The Worms massacre refers to the murder of 800 Jews of Worms, Germany, at the hands of crusaders headed by Count Emicho in May 1096. The massacre at Worms was one of number of attacks against Jewish communities perpetrated during the First Crusade (1096–1099). Followers of Count Emicho arrived at Worms on May 18, 1096. Soon after a rumour spread that the Jews had drowned a Christian and used contaminated water to poison the town’s wells. The local populace later joined forces with Emicho and launched a savage attack on the town’s Jews. Every Jew that was captured was slain.

Germany

Battle of Iconium (1190)

The Battle of Iconium (sometimes referred as the Battle of Konya) took place on May 18, 1190, during the Third Crusade, in the expedition of Frederick Barbarossa to the Holy Land. As a result, Iconium, the capital city of the Sultanate of Rûm under Kilij Arslan II, fell to the Imperial forces.

Turkey

Siege of Acre (1291)

The siege of Acre (also called the fall of Acre) took place in 1291 and resulted in the Crusaders' losing control of Acre to the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt. It is considered one of the most important battles of the period. Although the crusading movement continued for several more centuries, the capture of the city marked the end of further crusades to the Levant.

This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.

Israel

Matins of Bruges

The Matins of Bruges (Dutch: Brugse Metten) was the nocturnal massacre of the French garrison in Bruges and their Leliaards supporters, a political faction in favour of French rule, on 18 May 1302 by the members of the local Flemish militia. It has been named "Matins" (after a monastic liturgy) in analogy to the Sicilian Vespers of 1282.

At the Battle of Buir Lake, a Ming Chinese army led by general Lan Yu defeated the forces of Tögüs Temür, the Mongol khan of Northern Yuan

The Battle of Buir Lake was fought between the Ming and Northern Yuan dynasties at the Buir Lake in 1388. The Ming army was led by General Lan Yu, who undertook the military campaign against the Northern Yuan horde led by Tögüs Temür. The Ming army defeated the Northern Yuan horde at the Buir Lake and captured many of their people.

Battle of Brechin

The Battle of Brechin was fought on 18 May 1452 during the reign of James II of Scotland, about two and a half miles north north east of Brechin. By some interpretations, it was part of an on-off civil war during his reign between the king and an alliance of powerful noble families led by the Black Douglases, which as the king won was significant in the development of a relatively strong centralised monarchy in Scotland during the Late Middle Ages. A royalist army formed by the Clan Gordon and Clan Ogilvy, led by Alexander Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly, defeated the rebel Alexander Lindsay, 4th Earl of Crawford, a leading ally of the Black Douglases.

Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom · Brechin, United Kingdom

Battle of Oranik (1456)

The Second Battle of Oranik (Albanian: Beteja e Dytë e Oranikut) took place during the spring of 1456 in the plains of Oranik (Debar in modern-day Macedonia). Moisi Arianit Golemi, lord of Debar, and one of Skanderbeg's officers, deserted to the Ottomans following the defeat at Berat in 1455. Golemi set off from Adrianople with an army to capture Albania but was swiftly defeated by Skanderbeg's smaller forces.

The Great Siege of Malta begins, in which Ottoman forces attempt and fail to conquer Malta

The Great Siege of Malta (Maltese: L-Assedju l-Kbir) occurred in 1565 when the Ottoman Empire attempted to conquer the island of Malta, then held by the Knights Hospitaller. The siege lasted nearly four months, from 18 May to 8 September 1565. The Knights Hospitaller had been headquartered in Malta since 1530, after being driven out of Rhodes, also by the Ottomans, in 1522, following the siege of Rhodes.

Siege of Coruña

The siege of Coruña, also known as the defence of Corunna, was a series of military encounters between the English Armada and the defenders of the fishermen's city of Coruña in Galicia that lasted for two weeks in May 1589. The siege was the first interaction between the English Armada, a retaliatory English expedition within the Anglo-Spanish war, and the Spanish troops, and set the tone for the rest of the campaign.

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Spain

Siege of Clonmel

The siege of Clonmel, from 27 April to 18 May 1650, took place during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, when Clonmel in County Tipperary was besieged by 8,000 men from the New Model Army under Oliver Cromwell. The garrison of 1,500 commanded by Hugh Dubh O'Neill eventually surrendered after inflicting heavy casualties on the besiegers.

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Battle of Skuodas (1658)

The Battle of Skuodas happened during the Swedish Deluge on May 18, 1658 near Skuodas, the Hussar Captain Samuel Komorowski fought an unresolved battle against the army of Field Marshal Robert Douglas, who was forced to resign from the attack on Samogitia.

Lithuania

1695 Linfen earthquake

The 1695 Linfen earthquake struck Shanxi Province in North China, Qing dynasty on May 18. Occurring at a shallow depth within the continental crust, the surface-wave magnitude 7.8 earthquake had a maximum intensity of XI on the China seismic intensity scale and Mercalli intensity scale. This devastating earthquake affected over 120 counties across eight provinces of modern-day China.

The 1695 Linfen earthquake in Shannxi, Qing dynasty causes extreme damage and kills at least 52,000 people.

Battle of Andros (1790)

The Battle of Andros or Battle of Kafireas was fought on 17–18 May 1790, during the Russo-Turkish War of 1787–1792, between Cape Kafireas and the island of Andros, between the ships of Lambros Katsonis, a Greek privateer in Imperial Russian service, and an Algerian fleet of 30–32 vessels. The battle was a major victory for the Ottomans, as Katsonis lost five ships and his flotilla ceased to exist as an operational unit.

This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.

Greece

Battle of Tourcoing

The Battle of Tourcoing (18 May 1794) saw a Republican French army directed by Joseph Souham defend against an attack by a Coalition army under Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. The French army was temporarily led by Souham in the absence of its normal commander Jean-Charles Pichegru. Threatened with encirclement, Souham and division commanders Jean Victor Marie Moreau and Jacques Philippe Bonnaud improvised a counterattack which defeated the Coalition's widely separated and badly coordinated columns. The War of the First Coalition action was fought near the town of Tourcoing, just north of Lille in northeastern France.

Nord (French department), France · Tourcoing, France

Treaty of Amiens

The Treaty of Amiens (French: la paix d'Amiens, lit. 'the peace of Amiens') temporarily ended hostilities between France, the Spanish Empire, and the United Kingdom at the end of the War of the Second Coalition. It marked the end of the French Revolutionary Wars; after a short peace it set the stage for the Napoleonic Wars. Britain gave up most of its recent conquests; France was to evacuate Naples and Egypt.

Napoleonic Wars: The United Kingdom revokes the Treaty of Amiens and declares war on France.

Accession of Napoleon

Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was Emperor of the French from 18 May 1804 until his first abdication in 1814, with a brief restoration during the Hundred Days in 1815. He rose to prominence as a general during the French Revolution and led a series of military campaigns across Europe and the Middle East during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

Battle of Mobekk

The Battle of Mobekk was fought on 18 May 1808 between Swedish and Norwegian forces, during the Swedish invasion of Norway. After the Swedish victory at Lier, Bernhard Ditlef von Staffeldt ordered Johan Georg Ræder to attack the right flank of Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt's brigade, along the Skinnarbøl river.

Russian occupation of Gotland

The Russian occupation of Gotland took place in April and May 1808, during the Finnish War between Sweden and Russia.

This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.

Sweden

Battle of Las Piedras (1811)

The Battle of Las Piedras was fought on May 18, 1811 as part of the Uruguayan struggle for independence.

Uruguay

John Bellingham is found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging for the assassination of British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval

John Bellingham (c. 1769 – 18 May 1812) was an English merchant and perpetrator of the 1812 murder of Spencer Perceval, the only British prime minister to be assassinated.

Liberal Wars

The Liberal Wars (Portuguese: Guerras Liberais), also known as the Portuguese Civil War (Guerra Civil Portuguesa) and the War of the Two Brothers (Guerra dos Dois Irmãos) was a civil war in Portugal that lasted from May 1828 to May 1834, fought between liberal progressive constitutionalists (led by former King Pedro IV) and conservative traditionalists (led by King Miguel I) over the country's system of government and royal succession.

This entry records the event's start date, as given in the source infobox.

Portugal

Battle of Chapu

The Battle of Chapu was fought between British and Qing forces at Chapu (present-day Zhapu) on the northern shore of Hangzhou Bay during the First Opium War.

People's Republic of China

Battle of Logandème

The Battle of Logandème (18 May 1859) was an uprising led by Maad a Sinig Kumba Ndoffene Famak Joof, king of Sine, against the French Empire. The battle took place at Logandème (in Fatick) which was a part of Sine at the time.

Senegal

1860 Republican National Convention

The 1860 Republican National Convention was a presidential nominating convention that met May 16–18 in Chicago, Illinois. It was held to nominate the Republican Party's candidates for president and vice president in the 1860 election. The convention selected former representative Abraham Lincoln of Illinois for president and Senator Hannibal Hamlin of Maine for vice president. Entering the 1860 convention, Senator William H.

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Battle of Barranca Seca

The Battle of Barranca Seca was a battle of the French intervention in Mexico and took place right after the Battle of Puebla on 18 May 1862. Contrary to the latter it was won by the unified reactionist Mexican-French forces. The battle was preceded by a coup de chef of the reactionist forces, which was heated by the intrigue of the Spanish high command against Almonte and Márquez and French pressure towards the replacement of Zuloaga. After the battle Almonte remained the only contender for the Commander-in-Chief office within the reactionist party and Márquez as acting General; both of them serving French interests.

Nogales Municipality, Veracruz, Mexico

Siege of Vicksburg

The siege of Vicksburg (May 18 – July 4, 1863) was the final major military action in the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War. In a series of maneuvers, Union major general Ulysses S. Grant and his Army of the Tennessee crossed the Mississippi River and drove the Confederate Army of Mississippi, led by Lieutenant General John C.

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United States

Battle of Yellow Bayou

The Battle of Yellow Bayou took place on May 18, 1864 in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana between Union and Confederate forces. After learning of Confederate forces in Yellow Bayou, Brig. Gen. Joseph A. Mower was ordered to halt their advance. Union forces subsequently attacked the Confederates and drove them back to their main line. The Confederates then counter-attacked, forcing the Union forces to retreat, until they eventually repulsed the Confederate attack. This “see-saw” action lasted a few hours, until the ground cover caught fire and both sides were forced to retreat.

Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States

Warren Wagon Train raid

The Warren Wagon Train raid, also known as the Salt Creek massacre, occurred on May 18, 1871. Henry Warren was contracted to haul supplies to forts in the west of Texas, including Fort Richardson, Fort Griffin, and Fort Concho. Traveling down the Jacksboro-Belknap road heading towards Salt Creek Crossing, they encountered William Tecumseh Sherman. Less than an hour after encountering the famous General, they spotted a rather large group of riders ahead. They quickly realized that these were Native American warriors, probably Kiowa and/or Comanche. The corn train quickly shifted into a ring formation, and all the mules were put into the center of the ring.

Texas, United States

Plessy v. Ferguson

Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896), was a landmark United States Supreme Court decision ruling that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution as long as the facilities for each race were equal in quality, a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal". The decision legitimized the many "Jim Crow laws" re-establishing racial segregation that had been passed in the American South after the end of the Reconstruction era in 1877.

This entry records the decision, as dated in the source infobox.

Riverina by-election, 1904

A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Riverina on 18 May 1904. This was triggered after the result at the 1903 election, which had seen Free Trade candidate Robert Blackwood narrowly defeat Protectionist MP John Chanter, was declared void due to allegations of electoral irregularities. At the by-election Chanter defeated Blackwood.

Australia

1907 Queensland state election

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 18 May 1907 to elect the 72 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The election was the first one in which women had a right to vote. The election was the first held since Premier William Kidston, formerly of the Labour Party, had founded a new movement with his own supporters as well as the Parliamentary Conservatives.

Selective Service Act of 1917

The Selective Service Act of 1917 or Selective Draft Act (Pub. L. 65–12, 40 Stat. 76, enacted May 18, 1917) authorized the United States federal government to raise a national army for service in World War I through conscription. It was envisioned in December 1916 and brought to President Woodrow Wilson's attention shortly after the break in relations with Germany in February 1917.

This entry records the signing, as dated in the source infobox.

1919 Copa del Rey final

The 1919 Copa del Rey final was an association football match between Arenas Club de Getxo and FC Barcelona on 18 May 1919 at the Martínez Campos stadium in Madrid. It was the deciding match of the Spanish cup competition, the Copa del Rey. Both teams progressed through a quarterfinal and a semifinal round to reach the final, with Barcelona going undefeated throughout the tournament.

Madrid, Spain

1919 Peruvian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Peru on 18 May 1919. Augusto B. Leguía was elected with 62% of the vote.

Peru

Anzali Operation

The Anzali Operation was a naval and amphibious action carried by the Soviet Caspian Flotilla during the Russian Civil War. The target was the White Russian Caspian Flotilla interned at Anzali, Iran, which was under the custody of the British North Persian Force. The British troops were surrounded and forced to capitulate, while the flotilla was captured by the Soviets.

Seamus Woods and Roger McCorley lead an Irish Republican Army attack on the headquarters of the Royal Irish Constabulary in Belfast

Seamus Woods commanded a division of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) during a period of intense conflict and was a senior leader of the newly formed Irish Free State army.

Bath School disaster

The Bath School disaster, sometimes known as the Bath School massacre, was a series of violent attacks perpetrated by Andrew Kehoe on May 18, 1927, in Bath Township, Michigan, that killed 38 elementary schoolchildren and 6 adults and injured at least 58 other people. Kehoe killed his wife and firebombed his farm, then detonated an explosion in the Bath Consolidated School, before committing suicide by detonating a final device in his truck. It is the deadliest mass murder to take place at a school in United States history. Andrew Kehoe, the 55-year-old school board treasurer, was angered by increased taxes and his defeat in the Spring 1926 election for township clerk.

Michigan, United States

Opening of Grauman's Chinese Theatre

Grauman's Chinese Theatre, known as the Chinese colloquially, and officially branded as the TCL Chinese Theatre for sponsorship reasons, is a movie palace on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. The original Chinese Theatre was commissioned following the success of the nearby Grauman's Egyptian Theatre, which opened in 1922. Both were built as Exotic Revival style architecture.

1928 Democratic Party presidential primaries

From March 6 to May 18, 1928, voters of the Democratic Party elected delegates to the 1928 Democratic National Convention, for the purpose of choosing the party's nominee for president in the 1928 election. In sharp contrast to the three previous open nominations, the delegate selections were all-but-conclusive in favor of New York governor Al Smith, who entered the convention only a few votes short of the required two-thirds majority; he won on the first ballot after several delegates shifted to him.

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United States

1928 Republican Party presidential primaries

From March 6 to May 18, 1928, voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for president in the 1928 United States presidential election. The nominee was selected through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1928 Republican National Convention held from June 12 to June 15, 1928, in Kansas City, Missouri.

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United States

South African general election, 1938

The 1938 South African general election was held, on 18 May 1938, for the 150 seats in the House of Assembly of the Union of South Africa. The United Party won an absolute majority.

South Africa

1939 Prince Edward Island general election

The 1939 Prince Edward Island general election was held in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island on May 18, 1939. The governing Liberals of Premier Thane Campbell were able to retain a strong majority in the Legislature, though not as impressive as their total sweep of all 30 seats in the previous election. Campbell became Premier in 1936 following the death of his predecessor Walter Lea.

1939 Coppa Italia final

The 1939 Coppa Italia final was the final of the 1938–39 Coppa Italia. The match was played on 18 May 1939 between Ambrosiana-Inter and Novara. Ambrosiana-Inter won 2–1.

Auckland West by-election, 1940

The Auckland West by-election of 1940 was a by-election for the electorate of Auckland West held on 18 May 1940 during the 26th New Zealand Parliament. The by-election resulted from the death on 27 March 1940 of the previous member Michael Joseph Savage, the revered prime minister whose terminal illness had not been made public.

New Zealand

Battle of Zeeland

The Battle of Zeeland occurred on the Western Front during the early stages of the German assault on France and the Low Countries during World War II. Several Dutch and French units attempted to hold off the German onslaught by making a determined defense of the Dutch province of Zeeland. The battle lasted eight days and was a defeat for the French and Dutch forces defending the province.

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Battle of Monte Cassino

The Battle of Monte Cassino, also known as the Battle for Rome, was a series of four military assaults by the Allies against Axis forces in Italy during the Italian Campaign of World War II. The objective was to break through the Winter Line and facilitate an advance towards Rome.

World War II: Battle of Monte Cassino: Conclusion after seven days of the fourth battle as German paratroopers evacuate Monte Cassino.

Operation Tarbrush

Operation Tarbrush was the name of a series of British Commando raids during the Second World War, which took place in 1944. Members of No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando were responsible for this operation, which was intended to obtain photographs and other evidence of mines and other traps. Three of the missions were commanded by George Lane. Lane and his team examined mines near Ault on the French coast.

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France

Battle of Muong Khoua

The Battle of Muong Khoua took place between April 13 and May 18, 1953, in northern Laos during the French Indochina War. A garrison of a dozen French and 300 Laotian troops occupied a fortified outpost in the hills above the village of Muong Khoua, across the border from Điện Biên Phủ. Muong Khoua was among the last French outposts in northern Laos following the decision of the French High Command to string several isolated garrisons through the region in order to buy time to fortify the major Laotian cities against Việt Minh attack.

Laos

Upper Laos campaign

The Upper Laos campaign (Vietnamese: Chiến dịch Thượng Lào) was a military campaign of the People's Army of Vietnam military campaign aimed at spreading Vietnamese communist influence to Laos in support of the Pathet Lao. While their advance on Luang Prabang ultimately failed, they managed to occupy parts of Phongsaly (see Battle of Muong Khoua), Sam Neua, Xieng Khouang and Luang Prabang Provinces.

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Irish general election, 1954

The Irish general election of 1954 was held on 18 May 1954. The newly elected members of the 15th Dáil assembled at Leinster House on 2 June when the new Taoiseach and government were appointed. The general election took place in 40 parliamentary constituencies throughout Ireland for 147 seats in the lower house of parliament, Dáil Éireann.

Ireland

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, ended

Operation Passage to Freedom was a term used by the United States Navy to describe the propaganda effort and the assistance in transporting 310,000 Vietnamese civilians, soldiers and non-Vietnamese members of the French Army from communist North Vietnam (the Democratic Republic of Vietnam) to non-communist South Vietnam (the State of Vietnam, later to become the Republic of Vietnam) between the years 1954 and 1955.

Palestro ambush

The Palestro ambush, or Djerrah ambush, took place on 18 May 1956, during the Algerian War, near the village of Djerrah in the region of Palestro (now Lakhdaria) in Kabylie. A section of about forty men from the National Liberation Army (ALN) under the command of Lieutenant Ali Khodja ambushed a unit of 21 men from the 9th Colonial Infantry Regiment of the French Army commanded by Second Lieutenant Hervé Artur.

1958 Coupe de France final

The 1958 Coupe de France final was a football match held at Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes on 18 May 1958, that saw Stade de Reims defeat Nîmes Olympique 3–1 thanks to goals by René Bliard (2) and Just Fontaine.

1960 European Cup final

The 1960 European Cup final was a football match played at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland on 18 May 1960 as the conclusion to the 1959–60 European Cup. It was the fifth European Cup final in all and the first to take place in the United Kingdom. The match was contested by four-time defending champions Real Madrid of Spain, the only previous team to win the competition, and Eintracht Frankfurt of West Germany.

Scotland, United Kingdom · Glasgow, United Kingdom

1960 Kampar by-election

The Kampar by-election is a parliamentary by-election that was held on 18 May 1960 in the state of Perak in the Federation of Malaya. The Kampar seat fell vacant following the disqualification of incumbent, Leong Kee Nyean of Alliance by the High Court for corrupt practice. He won the seat in 1959 Malayan general election with a majority of 1,235 votes.

Malaysia

The French government and representatives of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic reach a settlement to end the Algerian war in the Évian Accords

The Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic (Arabic: الحكومة المؤقتة للجمهورية الجزائرية, ح م ج ج; French: Gouvernement provisoire de la République algérienne, GPRA) was the government-in-exile of the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN) during the latter part of the Algerian War of Independence (1954–1962).

Grey Lynn by-election, 1963

The Grey Lynn by-election 1963 was a by-election held in the Grey Lynn electorate in Auckland during the term of the 33rd New Zealand Parliament, on 18 May 1963. The by-election was caused by the death of incumbent MP Fred Hackett of the Labour Party on 19 March 1963. The by-election was won by Reginald Keeling, also of the Labour Party.

New Zealand

1963 Indonesian presidential election

The 1963 Indonesian presidential election was a second vote to elect the President and Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia for the 1963–1968 term. The presidential election was conducted in accordance with the 1945 Constitution. Because the MPR (People's Consultative Assembly) had not yet been formed, its duties were carried out by the MPRS (Provisional People's Consultative Assembly).

Indonesia

Operation Austin IV

Operation Austin IV was a search and destroy operation conducted by the 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division and the 173rd Airborne Brigade in western Quang Duc and Phước Long Provinces, South Vietnam, from 1 to 18 May 1966.

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Naxalite–Maoist insurgency

The Naxalite–Maoist insurgency is an ongoing conflict between the Government of India and communist groups. The Naxalites are a group of communist organizations following Maoist political sentiment and ideology, and claim to be fighting for rural poor and wage a people's war against the government. The insurgency started after the 1967 Naxalbari uprising and the subsequent split of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) leading to the creation of a Marxist–Leninist faction.

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India

1968 FA Cup final

The 1968 FA Cup final was the 87th final of the FA Cup. It took place on 18 May 1968 at Wembley Stadium and was contested between West Bromwich Albion and Everton. West Brom won 1–0 after extra time. Jeff Astle scored the winning goal, thus achieving the feat of scoring in every round of that season's competition.

Apollo 10

Apollo 10 was the fourth manned mission in the United States Apollo space program, and the second (after Apollo 8) to orbit the Moon. Launched on May 18, 1969, it was the F mission: a "dress rehearsal" for the first Moon landing, testing all of the components and procedures, just short of actually landing. The Lunar Module (LM) followed a descent orbit to within 8.4 nautical miles (15.6 km) of the lunar surface, at the point where powered descent for landing would normally begin. Its success enabled the first landing to be attempted on the Apollo 11 mission two months later.

United States

1969 Coupe de France final

The 1969 Coupe de France final was a football match held at Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes on May 18, 1969, that saw Olympique de Marseille defeat FC Girondins de Bordeaux 2–0 thanks to an own goal by Gérard Papin and a goal by Joseph Yegba Maya.

Aeroflot Flight 1491

Aeroflot Flight 1491 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Moscow-Vnukovo Airport to Kharkiv Airport in the USSR that crashed on 18 May 1972 while descending to land in Kharkiv, killing all 122 passengers and crew aboard the Antonov An-10.

Aeroflot Flight 109

Aeroflot Flight 109 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Moscow to Chita with stopovers in Chelyabinsk, Novosibirsk, and Irkutsk. On the final leg of the route on 18 May 1973 a terrorist hijacked the aircraft, demanding to be flown to China; the terrorist's bomb detonated in flight after he was shot by the air marshal. The aircraft broke-up at altitude, killing all 81 on board.

Australian federal election, 1974

Federal elections were held in Australia on 18 May 1974. All 127 seats in the House of Representatives, and all 60 seats in the Senate were up for election, due to a double dissolution. The incumbent Australian Labor Party led by Prime Minister Gough Whitlam defeated the opposition Liberal Party of Australia led by Billy Snedden and Coalition partner the Country Party led by Doug Anthony. The election was held in conjunction with four referendum questions, none of which were carried.

Australia

1974 Sungei Bahru by-election

The Sungei Bahru state by-election is a state by-election that was scheduled to be held on 18 May 1974 in the state of Malacca, Malaysia. The Sungei Bahru seat fell vacant following the death of its state assemblyman Tuan Haji Abdullah bin Samad of United Malays National Organisation in Malacca. Abdullah won the seat in 1969 Malaysian state elections against Ali bin Md Salleh of PAS with majority of 2,063.

Malaysia

1974 Australian House of Representatives election

This is a list of electoral division results for the Australian 1974 federal election.

The test was conducted at 8.05 IST on 18 May 1974

Smiling Buddha (MEA designation: Pokhran-I) was the code name of India's first successful nuclear weapon test on 18 May 1974. The nuclear fission bomb was detonated in the Pokhran Test Range of the Indian Army in Rajasthan. As per the United States military intelligence, the operation was named as Happy Krishna. The Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) described the test as a peaceful nuclear explosion.

1977 Belfast City Council election

Elections to Belfast City Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used nine district electoral areas to elect a total of 51 councillors, most representing the more heavily populated north and west. The UUP remained the largest party, and James Stewart became Lord Mayor.

Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

1977 Taça de Portugal final

The 1977 Taça de Portugal final was the final match of the 1976–77 Taça de Portugal, the 37th season of the Taça de Portugal, the premier Portuguese football cup competition organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The match was played on 18 May 1977 at the Estádio das Antas in Porto, and opposed two Primeira Liga sides: Braga and Porto.

Porto, Portugal

1977 Lisburn Borough Council election

Elections to Lisburn Borough Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 23 councillors.

1977 Down District Council election

Elections to Down District Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 20 councillors.

1977 Strabane District Council election

Elections to Strabane District Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 15 councillors.

1977 Newtownabbey Borough Council election

Elections to Newtownabbey Borough Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 21 councillors.

1977 Ballymoney Borough Council election

Elections to Ballymoney Borough Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 16 councillors.

1977 Armagh District Council election

Elections to Armagh District Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 20 councillors.

1977 Coleraine Borough Council election

Elections to Coleraine Borough Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 20 councillors.

1977 Larne Borough Council election

Elections to Larne Borough Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 15 councillors.

1977 Newry and Mourne District Council election

Elections to Newry and Mourne District Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used six district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 councillors.

1977 Ards Borough Council election

Elections to Ards Borough Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 17 councillors.

1977 Ballymena Borough Council election

Elections to Ballymena Borough Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 21 councillors.

1977 Moyle District Council election

Elections to Moyle District Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 16 councillors.

1977 Fermanagh District Council election

Elections to Fermanagh District Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 20 councillors.

1977 Antrim Borough Council election

Elections to Antrim Borough Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 15 councillors.

1977 North Down Borough Council election

Elections to North Down Borough Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 20 councillors.

1977 Dungannon District Council election

Elections to Dungannon District Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 20 councillors.

1977 Cookstown District Council election

Elections to Cookstown District Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 15 councillors.

1977 Banbridge District Council election

Elections to Banbridge District Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used two district electoral areas to elect a total of 15 councillors.

1977 Omagh District Council election

Elections to Omagh District Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 20 councillors.

1977 Castlereagh Borough Council election

Elections to Castlereagh Borough Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 19 councillors.

1977 Magherafelt District Council election

Elections to Magherafelt District Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 15 councillors.

1977 Craigavon Borough Council election

Elections to Craigavon Borough Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 25 councillors.

1977 Londonderry City Council election

Elections to Londonderry City Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 27 councillors.

1977 Carrickfergus Borough Council election

Elections to Carrickfergus Borough Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 15 councillors.

1977 Limavady District Council election

Elections to Limavady Borough Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 15 councillors.

1977 Northern Ireland local elections

Elections for local government were held in Northern Ireland in May 1977. 526 councillors were elected. The elections saw good performances by the four largest parties: the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), Alliance Party of Northern Ireland and Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), while smaller parties failed to make a breakthrough. The DUP took control of their first council, Ballymena, while the UUP retained control of Banbridge.

United Kingdom

Peruvian general election, 1980

General elections were held in Peru on 18 May 1980 for the first time since 1963 to elect the President and both houses of the Congress. Fernando Belaúnde Terry of Popular Action won the presidential election with 44.9% of the vote, whilst his party emerged as the largest party in both houses of Congress.

Peru

Austrian presidential election, 1980

Presidential Elections were held in Austria on 18 May 1980. The incumbent president, Rudolf Kirchschläger, was re-elected by a landslide of 79.9% of the votes, being supported by both major Austrian Parties: the ruling Socialist Party of Austria and the opposition Austrian People's Party. The competing candidates were Wilfried Gredler of the Freedom Party of Austria and Norbert Burger of the later prohibited National Democratic Party.

Austria

1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens

On May 18, 1980, at 8:32 a.m., Mount St. Helens in Skamania County, Washington, United States, experienced a catastrophic explosive eruption which had a volcanic explosivity index of 5. It was the first to occur in the contiguous United States since the much smaller 1915 eruption of Lassen Peak in California. The main eruption was preceded by a series of volcanic explosions, pyroclastic flows, and phreatic blasts beginning in March 1980.

1985 Scottish Cup final

The 1985 Scottish Cup Final was played on 18 May 1985 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 100th season of the Scottish Cup. The previous winners were Aberdeen, who had beaten Celtic in the 1984 final, but they were knocked out by Dundee United at the Semi-final stage. The Final was contested by Celtic and Dundee United.

Glasgow, United Kingdom

1985 FA Cup final

The 1985 FA Cup final was the 104th final of the FA Cup. It took place on 18 May 1985 at Wembley Stadium, and was contested by Manchester United and holders Everton. United won by a single goal, scored in extra time by Norman Whiteside, when he curled the ball into the net past the reach of Neville Southall after a run from the right.

1991 Scottish Cup final

The 1991 Scottish Cup Final was the 106th final of the Scottish Cup, Scottish football's most prestigious knockout association football competition. The match took place at Hampden Park on 18 May 1991 and was contested by Scottish Premier Division clubs Motherwell and Dundee United. It was both Motherwell's and Dundee United's 6th Scottish Cup Final and also the first time the clubs had met in a Scottish Cup Final.

1991 FA Cup final

The 1991 FA Cup final saw Tottenham Hotspur win the FA Cup for a then-record eighth time, by beating Nottingham Forest 2–1 at Wembley in the 110th FA Cup Final. Tottenham's triumph made them the first club to win the trophy eight times, though this record has since been surpassed by Arsenal and Manchester United. Chelsea, Liverpool, and Manchester City have since equalled Tottenham's eight victories.

United Kingdom

Helen Sharman launches aboard Soyuz TM-12

Helen Patricia Sharman (born 30 May 1963) is a British chemist and cosmonaut who became the first British person, first Western European woman and first privately funded woman in space, as well as the first woman to visit the Mir space station, in May 1991.

Danish Maastricht Treaty referendum, 1993

A second referendum on the Maastricht Treaty was held in Denmark on 18 May 1993. After rejecting the treaty in a referendum the previous year, this time it was approved by 56.7% of voters with an 86.5% turnout.

Denmark

1994 UEFA Champions League final

The 1994 UEFA Champions League final, originally known as the 1994 European Cup final, was a football match between Italian club Milan and Spanish club Barcelona, played on 18 May 1994 at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece. Having won La Liga for the fourth consecutive year, Barcelona were favourites to win a second European Cup/UEFA Champions League title in three years.

Athens, Greece

1996 Scottish Cup final

The 1996 Scottish Cup Final sponsored by Tennents was played on 18 May 1996, at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 111th Scottish Cup. Rangers and Hearts contested the match, Rangers won the match 5–1, thanks to a Gordon Durie hat-trick and a Brian Laudrup brace.

Glasgow, United Kingdom

1996 Taça de Portugal final

The 1996 Taça de Portugal final was the final match of the 1995–96 Taça de Portugal, the 56th season of the Taça de Portugal, the premier Portuguese football cup competition organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The match was played on 18 May 1996 at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras, and opposed two Primeira Liga sides Benfica and Sporting CP.

Mongolian presidential election, 1997

Presidential elections were held in Mongolia on 18 May 1997. The result was a victory for Natsagiin Bagabandi, who won 62.5% of the vote. Voter turnout was 85.1%.

Mongolia

Slamboree (1997)

The 1997 Slamboree was the fifth Slamboree professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). It took place on May 18, 1997 from the Independence Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina. Eleven matches were contested at the event, including two dark matches. In the main event, Ric Flair, Roddy Piper and Kevin Greene defeated the nWo (Kevin Nash, Scott Hall and Syxx).

North Carolina, United States

Football League 100th Championship Challenge

The Football League 100th Championship Challenge was a football match organised by the Football League and played to commemorate the 100th edition of the Football League First Division being completed. It was played between the winners of the competition's 100th edition, and the record winners of the competition at the time. It was held at the Stadium of Light on 18 May 1999, two days after the end of the Premier League season.

Twins signed to Emperor Entertainment Group and were formed on 18 May 2001

Twins is a Hong Kong pop duo formed in 2001 by Emperor Entertainment Group (EEG) and composed of Charlene Choi and Gillian Chung. Since 2001, the group has released sixteen studio albums (twelve in Cantonese and four in Mandarin), three extended plays, five compilation albums and four live albums. In February 2008, Twins temporarily separated following the Edison Chen photo scandal involving Chung.

Judgment Day (2003)

Judgment Day (2003) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and presented by Clearasil that took place on May 18, 2003, at the Charlotte Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was the fifth annual WWE Judgment Day event and featured wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown! brands. Eight professional wrestling matches were scheduled for the event which featured a supercard, a scheduling of more than one main bout. The first match from the SmackDown! brand featured WWE Champion Brock Lesnar's defeat of The Big Show in a Stretcher match to retain the title after Rey Mysterio interfered, attacking The Big Show.

North Carolina, United States

2003 FA Trophy final

The 2003 FA Trophy Final was the 34th final of The Football Association's cup competition for levels 5–8 of the English football league system. It was contested by Burscough and Tamworth on 18 May 2003 at Villa Park in Birmingham. Burscough won the match 2–1 to win the competition for the first time in their history as they are the greatest clubs to ever do this.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

2003 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections

The 2003 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections took place on 18 May. 2003 elections were the first minorities councils and representatives elections after the introduction of the new Constitutional Act on the Rights of National Minorities in the Republic of Croatia in late 2002. Elections took place both at local (municipalities and towns/cities) and regional (county) level with different numbers of electorate at two levels due to the specific provisions of the law.

Croatia

2004 Arkansas Republican presidential primary

The 2004 Arkansas Republican presidential primary was held on May 18, 2004, as part of the 2004 Republican Party primaries for the 2004 presidential election. 35 delegates to the 2004 Republican National Convention were allocated to the presidential candidates. The contest was held alongside primaries in Kentucky and Oregon. Incumbent President George W. Bush won 35 delegates won this contest.

Arkansas, United States

2004 Portland, Oregon, City Commission election

The 2004 Portland City Commission elections were held on May 18, 2004, and November 2, 2004, to elect two positions on the Portland, Oregon City Council. Vera Katz's Chief of Staff Sam Adams won a runoff election for position 1 and Randy Leonard won re-election in a runoff for position 4.

2004 Arkansas Democratic presidential primary

The 2004 Arkansas Democratic presidential primary was held on May 18 in the U.S. state of Arkansas as one of the Democratic Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 2004 presidential election.

United States

2004 Kentucky Democratic presidential primary

The 2004 Kentucky Democratic presidential primary was held on May 18 in the U.S. state of Kentucky as one of the Democratic Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 2004 presidential election.

United States

2004 Oregon Democratic presidential primary

The 2004 Oregon Democratic presidential primary was held on May 18 in the U.S. state of Oregon as one of the Democratic Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 2004 presidential election.

United States

2005 UEFA Cup final

The 2005 UEFA Cup final was the final match of the 2004–05 UEFA Cup, the 34th season of the UEFA Cup, UEFA's second-tier club football tournament. The match was contested by Sporting CP and CSKA Moscow on 18 May 2005; CSKA won the match 3–1. Sporting CP opened the scoring in the first half from full-back Rogério, before Aleksei Berezutskiy equalised in the second half.

Disarmament of the Lou Nuer

The disarmament of the Lou Nuer was a forcible disarmament campaign undertaken by the SPLA in Southern Sudan in December 2005. While other groups had been peacefully disarmed, the Lou section of the Nuer in Northern Jonglei State refused to comply. The SPLA organized a force under Peter Bol Kong to forcibly disarm the Lou Nuer, whose White Army resisted until a defeat in the battle of Motot, after which they fled the area.

This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.

Leyenda de Plata (2007)

The Leyenda de Plata (2007) was professional wrestling tournament produced by the Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLLl; Spanish "World Wrestling Council") that ran from May 18, 2007, over the course of four of CMLL's Friday night shows in Arena México with the finals on June 8, 2007. The annual Leyenda de Plata tournament is held in honor of lucha libre legend El Santo and is one of CMLL's most important annual tournaments.

Mexico City, Mexico

Judgment Day (2008)

Judgment Day (2008) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and sponsored by Lionsgate's Rambo, which took place on May 18, 2008, at the Qwest Center Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska. It was the tenth annual Judgment Day event and starred wrestlers from the Raw, SmackDown, and ECW brands. The show's seven matches showcased prominent WWE wrestlers, who acted out the franchise's stories in and out of the ring. The main event featured Raw wrestlers in a Steel Cage match, a match in a ring surrounded by four walls of mesh metal.

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Democratic Progressive Party chairmanship election, 2008

The 2008 Democratic Progressive Party chairmanship election took place on May 18, 2008. The election date was announced by chairperson Frank Hsieh after losing the presidential election.

Taiwan

2008 Conference Premier play-off final

The 2008 Conference Premier play-off final, known as the 2008 Blue Square Premier play-off final for sponsorship purposes, was a football match between Cambridge United and Exeter City took place on 18 May 2008 at Wembley Stadium, London. It was contested between Cambridge United and Exeter City, with Exeter winning 1–0 and securing their return to the Football League after five years' absence.

London, United Kingdom

2008 Taça de Portugal final

The 2008 Taça de Portugal final was the final match of the 2007–08 Taça de Portugal, the 68th season of the Taça de Portugal, the premier Portuguese football cup competition organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The match was played on 18 May 2008 at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras, and opposed two Primeira Liga sides: Porto and Sporting CP.

2008 Belgian Cup final

The 2008 Belgian Cup final, named Cofidis Cup after the sponsor, was played on Sunday, 18 May 2008 between Gent and Anderlecht, won by Anderlecht. It is the 53rd Belgian Cup Final.

Northern Theatre of Eelam War IV

The Northern Theatre of Eelam War IV refers to the fighting that took place in the northern province of Sri Lanka between July 2006 and May 18, 2009.

Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan civil war

The Sri Lankan civil war was fought in Sri Lanka from 1983 to 2009. Beginning on 23 July 1983, it was an intermittent insurgency against the government by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE, also known as the Tamil Tigers) led by Velupillai Prabhakaran. The LTTE fought to create an independent Tamil state called Tamil Eelam in the north-east of the island in response to continuous discrimination and violent persecution against Sri Lankan Tamils by the predominantly Sinhalese government of Sri Lanka.

This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.

Sri Lanka

2008–2009 Sri Lankan Army Northern offensive

The 2008–2009 SLA Northern offensive was an armed conflict in the northern Province of Sri Lanka between the military of Sri Lanka and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The battle began with a Sri Lanka Army (SLA) offensive attempting to break through the LTTE defence lines in the north of the island, aiming to conclude the country's 25-year-old civil war by military victory.

This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.

Sri Lanka

United States Senate Democratic primary election in Pennsylvania, 2010

The Democratic primary for the 2010 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania took place on May 18, 2010, when Congressman Joe Sestak defeated incumbent Arlen Specter, which led to the end of Specter's five-term Senatorial career. Just prior to the start of the primary campaign, after serving in the Senate as a Republican for 29 years, Specter had switched to the Democratic Party in anticipation of a difficult primary challenge by Pat Toomey; Sestak was ultimately defeated by Toomey in the general election. Political observers and journalists described the race between Specter and Sestak as one of the bitterest and most watched of all the 2010 primary elections.

Pennsylvania, United States

Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district special election, 2010

The 2010 special election for the 12th congressional district of Pennsylvania was held on May 18, 2010 to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Democratic U.S. Representative John Murtha. Democratic nominee Mark Critz, Murtha's former district director, defeated Republican nominee Tim Burns. Both candidates were nominated at their respective primary election concurrent with the special election and faced off in the general election November 2010, with Critz again defeating Burns.

Pennsylvania, United States

2010 Portland, Oregon, City Commission election

The 2010 Portland City Commission elections were held on May 18, 2010, to elect two positions on the Portland, Oregon City Council. Incumbents Nick Fish and Dan Saltzman both won reelection to positions 2 and 3 respectively. Both won over 50% of the vote in the primary election, avoiding a runoff.

South African municipal elections, 2011

Municipal elections were held in South Africa on 18 May 2011, electing new councils for all municipalities in the country. Municipal elections are held every five years, and the previous municipal elections were held in 2006. The first municipal elections following the reorganisation of municipalities took place in December 2000. Half of the seats (rounded up for odd numbers) in each municipality are elected on the first past the post system in single member wards. The other half of the seats are allocated to restore proportionality as follows: The total number of seats are allocated using the largest remainder method by using a modified Hare quota.

South Africa

2011 UEFA Europa League final

The 2011 UEFA Europa League final was the final match of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League, the 40th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the second season since it was renamed from UEFA Cup to UEFA Europa League. The match was played at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland, on 18 May 2011, between two Portuguese teams – Porto and Braga – for the first time in UEFA competition finals.

Dublin, Ireland

2012 Christian Democratic Appeal leadership election

The 2012 Christian Democratic Appeal leadership election was called to elect the new Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal after incumbent Maxime Verhagen announced his retirement from national politics. Verhagen who had been the acting leader of the party since the resignation of Jan Peter Balkenende on 9 June 2010 did not stand for the leadership election.

Netherlands

UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Rockhold

UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Rockhold (also known as UFC on FX 8) was a mixed martial arts event held on May 18, 2013 at the Arena Jaraguá in Jaraguá do Sul, Brazil. The event was broadcast live on FUEL TV and FX.

Brazil

2013 Football League Two play-off final

The 2013 Football League Two play-off final was an association football match played on 18 May 2013 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Bradford City and Northampton Town. The match determined the fourth and final team to gain promotion from Football League Two, English football's fourth tier, to Football League One.

London, United Kingdom

2013 Heineken Cup final

The 2013 Heineken Cup Final was the final match of the 2012–13 Heineken Cup, the 18th season of Europe's top club rugby union competition. The match was played on 18 May 2013 in the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland, kicking off at 5 pm (16:00 UTC). The all-French game was won by Toulon, defeating Clermont 16–15.

Dublin, Ireland

2014 Conference Premier play-off final

The 2014 Conference Premier play-off final, known as the 2014 Skrill Premier play-off final for sponsorship reasons, was a football match between Cambridge United and Gateshead on 18 May 2014 at Wembley Stadium in London. It was the twelfth Conference Premier play-off final. Cambridge secured a place in the final after beating F.C. Halifax Town 2–1 on aggregate. Gateshead's place was secured after beating Grimsby Town 4–2 over two legs.

London, United Kingdom

2014 Albanian Cup final

The 2014 Albanian Cup final was a football match played on 18 May 2014 to decide the winner of the 2013–14 Albanian Cup, the 62nd edition of Albania's primary football cup. The match was between Flamurtari and Kukësi at the Qemal Stafa Stadium in Tirana. Flamurtari Vlorë won the final 1–0 for their fourth Albanian Cup title.

2014 Svenska Cupen final

The 2014 Svenska Cupen final was played on 18 May 2014 at the national stadium Friends Arena in Solna, which hosted the final for the second time. The stadium is the home of the Sweden men's national football team and Allsvenskan club AIK. The final made its return to Solna for the second consecutive year. The final was the culmination of the 2013–14 Svenska Cupen.

2014 Taça de Portugal final

The 2014 Taça de Portugal final was the final match of the 2013–14 Taça de Portugal, the 74th season of the Taça de Portugal, the premier Portuguese football cup competition organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The final took place on 18 May 2014 at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras. It was played between Benfica and Rio Ave, the two teams who also contested the 2014 Taça da Liga Final.

2015 Colombian landslide

On 18 May 2015 a major landslide hit the town of Salgar, in Antioquia, Colombia. At least 78 people died in the disaster, making it the deadliest single-event disaster in Colombia since the 1999 Armenia, Colombia earthquake.

Colombia

2016 Aguelhok ambush

On May 18, 2016, militants from Ansar Dine ambushed Chadian forces north of Aguelhok, Mali.

Mali

2016 UEFA Europa League final

The 2016 UEFA Europa League final was a football match between Liverpool of England and Sevilla of Spain on 18 May 2016 at St. Jakob-Park in Basel, Switzerland. The showpiece event was the final match of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League, the 45th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA. Liverpool were appearing in their fourth final, after their appearances in 1973, 1976 and 2001, all of which they won.

Battle of Ar-Rutbah (2016)

The Battle of Ar-Rutbah was a military offensive in Iraq launched by the Iraqi Army to recapture the strategic town of Ar-Rutbah from ISIL, along with the rest of the Ar-Rutba District.

This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.

Iraq

Brak al-Shati Airbase raid

On 18 May 2017, an attack was launched by militiamen of the town of Misrata and Benghazi Defense Brigades against the Brak al-Shati Airbase controlled by LNA forces. LNA sources claimed 141 people, including 103 soldiers and numerous civilians were killed as a result of the raid. The base was completely overrun and partially destroyed along with numerous aircraft at the base.

2018 Santa Fe High School shooting

On May 18, 2018, a school shooting occurred at Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas, United States, in the Houston metropolitan area. Ten people – eight students and two teachers – were fatally shot, and thirteen others were wounded. Dimitrios Pagourtzis, a 17-year-old student at the school, was taken into custody.

Texas, United States

Cubana de Aviación Flight 0972

Cubana de Aviación Flight 0972 was a scheduled domestic flight operated by Mexican charter airline Global Air on behalf of Cubana de Aviación, from José Martí International Airport, Havana, Cuba, to Frank País Airport in Holguín, Cuba. On 18 May 2018, the 39-year-old Boeing 737-200 operating the route crashed shortly after takeoff, near Santiago de las Vegas, 19 kilometres (12 mi; 10 nmi) from Havana city centre.

Cuba

Torneo Gran Alternativa (2018)

The Torneo Gran Alternativa 2018 was a professional wrestling tournament event produced by the Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLLl; Spanish "World Wrestling Council") that began on May 4, 2018 and ran over the course of three of CMLL's Friday night shows in Arena México through May 18. The Torneo Gran Alternativa (Great alternative tournament) concept sees a Novato or rookie team up with an experienced wrestler for a tag team tournament.

This entry records the listed event date, as dated in the source infobox.

Mexico

2019 FA Cup final

The 2019 FA Cup final was an association football match between Manchester City and Watford on 18 May 2019 at Wembley Stadium in London, England, and the 138th FA Cup final. It was Manchester City's eleventh appearance at the FA Cup final and Watford's second. Kevin Friend was the referee for the match played in front of 85,854 spectators. Manchester City dominated the early stages of the final.

England, United Kingdom · London, United Kingdom

2019 Australian federal election

A federal election was held on 18 May 2019 to elect members of the 46th Parliament of Australia. The election had been called following the dissolution of the 45th Parliament as elected at the 2016 double dissolution federal election. All 151 seats in the House of Representatives (lower house) and 40 of the 76 seats in the Senate (upper house) were up for election.

Australia

2019 UEFA Women's Champions League final

The 2019 UEFA Women's Champions League final was the final match of the 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League, the 18th season of Europe's premier women's club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 10th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Women's Cup to the UEFA Women's Champions League. This was the first time since the final is played as a single match that a host city for the Women's Champions League final was not automatically assigned by which city won the bid to host the men's Champions League final, although the same association is still allowed to host both finals by the UEFA bid regulations. It was played at the Groupama Arena in Budapest, Hungary on 18 May 2019, between French side Lyon and Spanish side Barcelona.

Budapest, Hungary

UFC Fight Night: dos Anjos vs. Lee

UFC Fight Night: dos Anjos vs. Lee (also known as UFC Fight Night 152 or UFC on ESPN+ 10) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that was held on May 18, 2019 at Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York.

Results of the 2019 Australian federal election in Western Australia

This is a list of electoral division results for the 2019 Australian federal election in the state of Western Australia. This election was held using instant runoff voting. There were two "turn-overs" at this election. Labor won the seats of Cowan and Perth despite the Liberals finishing first.

Results of the 2019 Australian federal election in Victoria

This is a list of electoral division results for the 2019 Australian federal election in the state of Victoria. Victoria bucked the national trend, seeing a swing from the Coalition to Labor, whereas the swing across Australia was from Labor to the Coalition. This election was held using instant-runoff voting. At this election, there were two "turn-overs" in Victoria.

Results of the 2019 Australian federal election in New South Wales

This is a list of electoral division results for the 2019 Australian federal election in the state of New South Wales. This election was held using instant-runoff voting. At this election, there were two "turn-overs" in New South Wales. Labor won the seat of Macquarie despite the Liberals finishing first, as well as the seat of Richmond despite the Nationals finishing first.

Results of the 2019 Australian federal election in Queensland

This is a list of electoral division results for the 2019 Australian federal election in the state of Queensland. This election was held using instant-runoff voting. At this election, there were three "turn-overs" in Queensland. Labor won the seats of Griffith, Lilley and Moreton despite the LNP finishing first.

2019 Australian Senate election

These are the results for the Australian Senate at the 2019 Australian federal election.

Australia

Results of the 2019 Australian federal election in Tasmania

This is a list of electoral division results for the 2019 Australian federal election in the state of Tasmania.

Results of the 2019 Australian federal election in territories

This is a list of division results for the 2019 Australian federal election in the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.

Results of the 2019 Australian federal election in South Australia

This is a list of electoral division results for the 2019 Australian federal election in the state of South Australia. This election was held using instant runoff voting. There was one "turn-over" at this election in South Australia. The seat of Mayo was won by the Centre Alliance despite the Liberals finishing first.

United States presidential election: Joe Biden launches his presidential campaign

Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (born November 20, 1942) is an American retired politician who served as the 46th president of the United States from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Delaware in the United States Senate from 1973 to 2009 and also served as the 47th vice president under President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2017.

2022 UEFA Europa League final

The 2022 UEFA Europa League final was the final match of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League, the 51st season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 13th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League. It was played at Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán in Seville, Spain, on 18 May 2022, between German club Eintracht Frankfurt and Scottish club Rangers.

Spain

2023 Mid Ulster District Council election

The 2023 election to Mid Ulster District Council was scheduled and held on 18 May 2023, alongside other local elections in Northern Ireland, two weeks after local elections in England. The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by 2 weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III. They returned 40 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote.

Northern Ireland, United Kingdom · England, United Kingdom

2023 Fermanagh and Omagh District Council election

The 2023 election to Fermanagh and Omagh District Council was held on 18 May 2023, alongside other local elections in Northern Ireland, two weeks after local elections in England. The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by 2 weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III. Voters returned 40 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote.

Northern Ireland, United Kingdom · England, United Kingdom

2023 Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council election

The 2023 election to Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council was held on 18 May 2023, alongside other local elections in Northern Ireland, two weeks after local elections in England. The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by 2 weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III. The election returned 40 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote.

Northern Ireland, United Kingdom · England, United Kingdom

2023 Belfast City Council election

The 2023 election to Belfast City Council was held on 18 May 2023, alongside other local elections in Northern Ireland, two weeks after local elections in England. The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by 2 weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III. Voters returned 60 members to the council via single transferable vote.

Northern Ireland, United Kingdom · England, United Kingdom

2023 Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council election

The 2023 election to Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council was held on 18 May 2023, alongside other local elections in Northern Ireland, two weeks after the local elections in England. The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by 2 weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III. They returned 40 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote.

Northern Ireland, United Kingdom · England, United Kingdom

2023 Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council election

The 2023 election to Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council was held on 18 May 2023, alongside other local elections in Northern Ireland, two weeks after local elections in England. The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by two weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III. The 41 councillors were elected via single transferable vote.

Northern Ireland, United Kingdom · England, United Kingdom

2023 Derry City and Strabane District Council election

The 2023 election to Derry City and Strabane District Council was held on 18 May 2023, alongside other local elections in Northern Ireland, two weeks after local elections in England. The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by 2 weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III. The election returned 40 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote.

Northern Ireland, United Kingdom · England, United Kingdom

2023 Northern Ireland local elections

Local elections were held in Northern Ireland on 18 May 2023. The elections were delayed by two weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III. Following the elections, Sinn Féin became the largest party in local government for the first time. It also marked the first time that nationalist parties had garnered a greater share of the vote than unionist parties.

Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

2023 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council election

The 2023 election to Newry, Mourne and Down District Council was held on 18 May 2023, alongside other local elections in Northern Ireland, two weeks after local elections in England. The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by 2 weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III. 41 members were returned to the council via Single Transferable Vote.

Northern Ireland, United Kingdom · England, United Kingdom

2023 Mid and East Antrim District Council election

The 2023 election to Mid and East Antrim District Council was held on 18 May 2023, alongside other local elections in Northern Ireland, two weeks after local elections in England. The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by 2 weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III. They returned 40 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote.

Northern Ireland, United Kingdom · England, United Kingdom

2023 Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council election

The 2023 election to Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council was scheduled and held on 18 May 2023, alongside other local elections in Northern Ireland, two weeks after local elections in England. The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by 2 weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III. It returned 40 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote.

Northern Ireland, United Kingdom · England, United Kingdom

2023 Ards and North Down Borough Council election

The 2023 election to Ards and North Down Borough Council was held on 18 May 2023, alongside other local elections in Northern Ireland, two weeks after local elections in England. The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by 2 weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III. They returned 40 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote.

Northern Ireland, United Kingdom · England, United Kingdom

2023 Danish Cup final

The 2023 Danish Cup final was played on 18 May 2023 between AaB and Copenhagen at Parken, Copenhagen. The final match will the culmination of the 2022–23 Danish Cup, the 69th season of the Pokalen. Copenhagen triumphed thanks to a 48th minute goal from Diogo Gonçalves. It is the 9th Cup title for the Lions. AaB appeared in its 13th Cup final, having won three previous titles, the most recent in 2014.

Denmark

2023 Svenska Cupen final

The 2023 Svenska Cupen Final was played on 18 May 2023 between Mjällby AIF and BK Häcken at Strandvallen, Hällevik, the home pitch for Mjällby AIF. The final was the culmination of the 2022–23 Svenska Cupen, the 66th season of the Svenska Cupen. Häcken defeated Mjällby 4–1. BK Häcken appeared in its 5th Svenska Cupen final, having won the title twice before in 2015-16 and 2018-19.

Miracle of Hillsborough

The Miracle of Hillsborough was an EFL League One play-off game played at Hillsborough Stadium in Owlerton, Sheffield on 18 May 2023, in which Sheffield Wednesday beat Peterborough United 5–1, overcoming a 4–0 deficit in the first leg of the League One play-off semi-finals. The match has been dubbed as one of the greatest comebacks in English football history, being the greatest deficit overturned in the play-offs.

2024 EFL League One play-off final

The 2024 EFL League One play-off final was an association football match that took place on 18 May 2024 at Wembley Stadium, London, to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from EFL League One, the third tier of English football, to the EFL Championship. The top two teams of the 2023–24 EFL League One, Portsmouth and Derby County, gained automatic promotion to the Championship.

London, United Kingdom

UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Murphy

UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Murphy (also known as UFC Fight Night 241, UFC on ESPN+ 99 and UFC Vegas 92) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on May 18, 2024, at the UFC Apex facility, in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.

Nevada, United States

Crockett Cup (2024)

The 2024 iteration of the Crockett Cup was a professional wrestling tag team tournament produced by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). The event took place on May 18, 2024, at the OC Theatre in Forney, Texas, but aired on tape delay for NWA Powerrr, spread across five episodes that aired on The CW app. It was the seventh iteration of the Crockett Cup.

Texas, United States

Road to UFC Season 3

Road to UFC Season 3 is the 2024 cycle of Road to UFC, a mixed martial arts (MMA) event series in which top Asian MMA prospects compete to win contracts with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).

This entry records the first broadcast, as dated in the source infobox.

2025 Osijek local elections

Elections were held in Osijek, Croatia, on 18 May 2025 for the next Mayor of Osijek, the two deputy mayors and the 27 members of the Osijek City Council, as part of the 2025 Croatian local elections.

Croatia

2025 Polish presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Poland on 18 May 2025. As no candidate received a majority of the vote, a second round was held on 1 June 2025. Incumbent president Andrzej Duda was ineligible for re-election to a third term. The second round was won by conservative Institute of National Remembrance director Karol Nawrocki, with 50.89% of the vote, who was backed by the Law and Justice (PiS) party.

Poland

2025 Split local elections

Elections were held in Split, Croatia, on 18 May 2025 for the 74th Mayor of Split, the two deputy mayors and the 31 members of the Split City Council, as a part of the 2025 Croatian local elections.

Croatia

2025 Zagreb local elections

Elections were held in Zagreb on 18 May 2025 for the 54th mayor of Zagreb, the two deputy mayors, the 47 members of the Zagreb Assembly, the councils of districts and the local committees, as part of the 2025 Croatian local elections. The runoff for the mayor was held on 1 June 2025.

Zagreb, Croatia

2025 AFC Champions League Two final

The 2025 AFC Champions League Two final was the final match of the 2024–25 AFC Champions League Two, the 20th season of Asia's secondary club football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the first since it was rebranded as the AFC Champions League Two. It was played on 18 May 2025 in Singapore.

Singapore

2025 Rijeka local elections

The 2025 Rijeka local elections were elections for the 16th mayor of Rijeka, the two deputy mayors and the 31 members of the Rijeka City Council. Part of the 2025 Croatian local elections, they were held on 18 May 2025.

2025 A-League Women grand final

The 2025 A-League Women grand final, known officially as the Ninja A-League Women grand final, was the soccer championship match between Melbourne Victory and Central Coast Mariners at AAMI Park in Melbourne on 18 May 2025. It was the 16th A-League Women grand final and the culmination of the 2024–25 season. Melbourne Victory placed second in the regular season and Central Coast Mariners placed fourth.

2025 Women's FA Cup final

The 2025 Women's FA Cup final was the 55th final of the Women's FA Cup, England's primary cup competition for women's football teams. The showpiece event was the 31st to be played directly under the auspices of The Football Association and was named the Adobe Women's FA Cup final due to sponsorship reasons. Chelsea faced title holders Manchester United in the final.

United Kingdom

2025 Romanian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Romania on 4 May 2025, with a second round on 18 May 2025.

This entry records the second round, as dated in the source infobox.

Romania

2026 Islamic Center of San Diego shooting

On May 18, 2026, a shooting occurred at the Islamic Center of San Diego (ICSD), the largest mosque in San Diego, California, United States. Two gunmen, 17-year-old Cain Lee Clark and 18-year-old Caleb Liam Vazquez, fatally shot a security guard and two community members outside the mosque before fleeing. Subsequently, they shot at a landscaper in a drive-by shooting and committed suicide in a nearby neighborhood.

California, United States