World War II: Battle of Monte Cassino: Conclusion after seven days of the fourth battle as German paratroopers evacuate Monte Cassino. Date: May 18, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 18 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today)
The First Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China officially convenes in Nanking. Date: May 18, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 18 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today)
Jacqueline Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier. Date: May 18, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 18 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today)
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, ends. Date: May 18, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 18 📅 Events on this day in…
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. Date: May 18, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 18 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today)
Israeli spy Eli Cohen is hanged in Damascus, Syria. Date: May 18, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 18 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today)
Apollo program: Apollo 10 is launched. Date: May 18, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 18 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today)
During approach to Kharkiv International Airport, Aeroflot Flight 1491 crashes near Ruska Lozova, killing all 112 aboard. Date: May 18, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 18 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today)
Aeroflot Flight 109 is hijacked mid-flight and the aircraft is subsequently destroyed when the hijacker's bomb explodes, killing all 82 people on board. Date: May 18, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 18 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)
Nuclear weapons testing: Under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so. Date: May 18, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 18 📅 Events on this day in 1974 📅 On This Day (Today)