Today in History
18 May
218 births · 104 deaths · 61 events recorded
Notable Births
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Travis Hunter
b. 2003
American football player (born 2003)
Alina Zagitova
b. 2002
Russian figure skater (born 2002)
Jessica Watson
b. 1993
Australian sailor (born 1993)
Tina Fey
b. 1970
American actress and comedian (born 1970)
Joan Eardley
b. 1921
British artist (1921–1963)
Pope John Paul II
b. 1920
Head of the Catholic Church from 1978 to 2005
Bertrand Russell
b. 1872
Mathematician and philosopher
Oliver Heaviside
b. 1850
British mathematician and electrical engineer (1850–1925)
Notable Deaths
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Tony O'Reilly
d. 2024
Irish businessman and rugby union player (1936–2024)
Alice Stewart (commentator)
d. 2024
American political commentator (1966–2024)
Jim Brown
d. 2023
American football player and actor (1936–2023)
Charles Grodin
d. 2021
American actor (1935–2021)
Ken Osmond
d. 2020
American actor and police officer (1943–2020)
Austin Eubanks
d. 2019
American shooting survivor and activist
Roger Ailes
d. 2017
American TV executive and consultant (1940–2017)
George Meredith
d. 1909
British novelist and poet (1828–1909)
On This Day in History
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2019
United States presidential election: Joe Biden launches his presidential campaign.
2020 United States presidential election
2018
A school shooting at Santa Fe High School in Texas kills ten people.
Santa Fe High School shooting
2018
Cubana de Aviación Flight 972 crashes in Santiago de las Vegas after takeoff from José Martí International Airport in Havana, Cuba, killing 112 of the 113 people on board.
Cubana de Aviación Flight 0972
2015
At least 78 people die in a landslide caused by heavy rains in the Colombian town of Salgar.
2015 Colombian landslide
2009
The LTTE are defeated by the Sri Lankan government, ending almost 26 years of fighting between the two sides.
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
2006
The post Loktantra Andolan government passes a landmark bill curtailing the power of the monarchy and making Nepal a secular country.
2006 Nepalese revolution
2005
A second photo from the Hubble Space Telescope confirms that Pluto has two additional moons, Nix and Hydra.
Hubble Space Telescope
1994
Israeli troops finish withdrawing from the Gaza Strip, ceding the area to the Palestinian National Authority to govern.
Gaza Strip