The LTTE are defeated by the Sri Lankan government, ending almost 26 years of fighting between the two sides. Date: May 18, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 18 📅 Events on this day in 2009 📅 On This Day (Today)
At least 78 people die in a landslide caused by heavy rains in the Colombian town of Salgar. Date: May 18, 2015 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 18 📅 Events on this day in 2015 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: May 18, 2018 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 18 📅 Events on this day in 2018 📅 On This Day…
A school shooting at Santa Fe High School in Texas kills ten people. Date: May 18, 2018 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 18 📅 Events on this day in 2018 📅 On This Day (Today)
United States presidential election: Joe Biden launches his presidential campaign. Date: May 18, 2019 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 18 📅 Events on this day in 2019 📅 On This Day (Today)
The children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, is first published in the United States. The first copy is given to the author's sister. Date: May 17, 1900 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 17 📅 Events on this day in 1900 📅 On This Day (Today)
Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer. Date: May 17, 1902 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 17 📅 Events on this day in 1902 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Protocol of Corfu is signed, recognising full autonomy to Northern Epirus under nominal Albanian sovereignty. Date: May 17, 1914 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 17 📅 Events on this day in 1914 📅 On This Day (Today)
The last British Liberal Party government (led by H. H. Asquith) falls. Date: May 17, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 17 📅 Events on this day in 1915 📅 On This Day (Today)
Vidkun Quisling and Johan Bernhard Hjort form Nasjonal Samling — the national-socialist party of Norway. Date: May 17, 1933 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 17 📅 Events on this day in 1933 📅 On This Day (Today)