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1800 (aged minus 179): Britain occupies Cape Town, formally held by the Dutch.

 

1815 (aged minus 154): Britain loses the last ever battle it fough against the USA when General Sir Edward Pakenham's men were defeated at the Battle of New Orleans.

 

1959 (aged minus 20): Cuban Revolutionaries, led by Fidel Castro and Che Guevarra take control of Havana.

 

1959 (aged minus 20): Charles De Gaulle becomes President of France.

 

1982 (aged 3): Spain's siege of Gibraltar comes to an end.

 

1989 (aged 10): A Boeing 737 crashes onto the M1 Motorway near East Midlands Airport.

 

1991 (aged 12): A commuter train crashes into the buffers at Cannon Street Station in London.

 

1997 (aged 18): Kevin Keegan leaves his post as manager of Newcastle United.

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323 Alexander III the Great king of Macedonia/conqueror, dies at 32

526 John I Pope (523-26), dies

1160 Erik IX Helgi [The Saint], King of Sweden, dies

1410 Ruprecht Roman catholics German king, dies

1587 Felix van Cantalice Italian saint, dies

1625 Francisco G¢mez de Sandoval y Rojas Spanish marquis of Denia, dies

1653 Carel Reyniersz gov-gen (Neth East Indies), dies at 48

1675 Jacques Marquette jesuit/missionaries (Chicago) dies at 37

1724 Johann K Amman Swiss/Dutch doctor for deaf-mutes, dies at 54

1733 Georg Bohm German organist/composer, dies at 71

1767 Thaddaus Ferdinand Lipowsky composer, dies at 28

1808 Jacob Albright [Albrecht], German/US preacher, dies at 49

1829 Bernardo Bittoni composer, dies at 72

1832 Bonafazio Asioli composer, dies at 62

1839 Carolina [Maria A] Bonaparte (countess Lipona) dies at 57

1848 William A Leidesdorf black, dies at 38 in SF

1862 William H Keim US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 48

1864 James Byron Gordon Confederate brig-gen, dies at 41

1884 Heinrich R G”ppert German paleo-botanist, dies

1909 George Meredith English poet/writer (Diana of Crossways), dies

Isaac M F Alb‚niz Spanish pianist/composer, dies at about 48

Isaac [Manuel F] Alb‚niz Spanish pianist/composer), dies at 48

1910 Flor van Duyse composer, dies at 66

1911 Gustav Mahler Austr composer (Childrentotenlieder), dies at 50

1913 Otto Reubke composer, dies at 70

1918 Toivo Kuula composer, dies at 34

1930 Joao Marcellino Arroyo composer, dies at 68

1936 Alick Maclean composer, dies at 63

1949 James T Adams US historian (Pulitzer 1921)

1952 Rossetter Gleason Cole composer, dies at 86

1955 Edwin Scharff German painter/sculptor (Rosseb„ndiger), dies at 68

Mary McLeod Bethune educator & civil rights leader, dies at 79

1961 Henry O'Neill actor (Lady Killer, Nothing But Trouble), dies

1965 Eduard J Dijksterhuis mathematician (Archimedes), dies at 72

1966 Paul Althaus German theologist (That Christian Wahrheit), dies at 78

1967 Andy Clyde Hopalong Cassidy's sidekick, dies at 75

Richard Ainley actor (I Dood It, Above Suspicion), dies at 56

1972 Eero Aukusti Sipila composer, dies at 53

1973 Jeannette Rankin 1st Congresswoman (1917-19, 41-43), dies at 92

1974 Daniel R Topping US owner (NY Yankees), dies at 61

1975 Leroy Anderson composer, dies at 67

1980 Ian Curtis English rock vocalist (Joy Division), commit suicide at 23

1981 Arthur O'Connell actor (Mr Peepers, 2nd Hundred Years), dies at 73

William Saroyan US stagewriter (Time of your life), dies at 72

1985 Tex Terry actor (Apache Rose, Timberjack), dies at 82

1987 Wilbur J Cohen 1st employee of Social Security System, dies at 73

1988 Daws Butler cartoon voice (Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound), dies at 71

1990 Jill Ireland actress (Carry on Nurse, Family), dies at 54 of cancer

1991 Edwina Booth actress (Trader Horn), dies at 86

1992 Lawrence Welk bandleader (L Welk Show), dies at 89 of pneumonia

Marshall Thompson actor (Bog), dies of congestive heart failure at 65

Skip Stephenson comedian (Real People), dies of heart attack at 54

1993 Heinrich Albertz theology/mayor of Berlin (1966-67), dies at 78

Pamela M Cunnington English architect/writer, dies at 67

1995 Alexander Gudonov Russian dancer/actor (Witness), dies at 45

Elisha Cook Jr actor (Maltese Falcon, Shane), dies at 91

Elizabeth Montgomery actress (Bewitched), dies of cancer at 62

 

Holidays Which Occur May 18:

Haiti Flag Day/University Day

Sweden King Erik IX Helgi, [The Saint]

Uruguay Battle of Las Piedras (1828)

 

Religious Observances on May 18:

RC Month of Mary

250 RC Commemoration of St Venantius, bishop of Salona, martyr

526 RC Commemoration of St John I, pope & martyr (523-526)

1160 RC/Luth St Erix IX Jedvardson, king of Sweden, martyr

 

Things to Remember for May 18:

Correct Posture Month-National Physical Fitness & Sports Month

Flower-Hawthorne & Lily of the Valley Gem-Emerald

Good Car Keeping Month-National Bike Month-Better Sleep Month

National Barbecue Month-National Photo Month-National Egg Month

National Car Maintainence-Foot Health Month

National Duckling Month-Reverse Your Work Schedule Month

National Salad Month-National Hamburger Month

National Tavern-Steelmark-Senior Citizen Month

Sight Saving Month-Touring Theatre Month

International Museum Day

Visit Your Relatives Day

World Good-Will Day

[sweden] Erik name day in (most popular Swedish man's name)

 

Highlights in History Which Occur May 18:

526 St John I ends his reign as Catholic Pope

1096 Crusaders massacre Jews of Worm

1302 Trades people assault on French garrison (Brugse Metten)

1385 Peace of Doornik: Gent & Louis van Thoughts

1596 Willem Barents leaves Amsterdam for Novaya Zemlya

1619 Hugo the Great sentenced to life in prison

1631 English colony Massachusetts Bay grants puritarian voting right

1652 Rhode Island delegates anti-slavery laws

1703 Dutch & English troops occupy Cologne

1756 England declares war on France

1794 2nd battle of Bouvines (France-Austria)

1804 Napoleon became Emperor of France

1828 Battle of Las Piedras, ends conflict between Uruguay & Brazil

1830 Edwin Budding of England signs an agreement for manufacture of

his invention, lawn mower. Saturdays are destroyed forever

1846 US troops attack Rio Grande occupying Matamoros

1851 Amsterdam-Nieuwediep telegraph connection linked

1860 Abraham Lincoln nominated for president

1861 Battle of Sewall's Point VA-1st Federal offense against South

and Friedrich Hebbels "Kriemhildes Rache," premieres in Weimar

1863 Siege of Vicksburg, MS

1864 Battle of Yellow Bayou, LA (Bayou de Glaize, Old Oaks)

1866 French Govt of De Putte resigns

1887 Emmanuel Chabriers opera "Le Roi Malgr‚ Luis," premieres in Paris

1889 Jules Massenets opera "Esclarmonde," premieres in Paris

1895 A Charlois discovers asteroid #403 Cyane

1896 Plessy vs Ferguson upholds "separate but equal" policy

and US Supreme court affirms race separation (Plessy v Ferguson)

1897 Dukas "L'Apprenti Sorcier Pruimtabak on the Market," premieres

and Irish Music Festival 1st held (Dublin)

and NY Giant William Joyce sets record of 4 triples in 1 game

1899 World Goodwill Day-26 nations meet in 1st Hague Peace Conference

1900 Britain proclaims protectorate over kingdom of Tonga

1904 American Ion Perdicaris kidnapped in Morocco

1910 Passage of Earth through tail of Halley's Comet causes near-panic

1911 J Helffrich discovers asteroid #714 Ulula

and Pres/dictator Jos‚ Porfirio Diaz of Mexico term ends

1912 H E Wood discovers asteroid #758 Mancunia

and Mauritius Binger establishes 2 Dutch movie company

and Phila A's beat Detroit Tigers 24-2

1917 Satie/Massine/Picasso's ballet "Parade," premieres in Paris

and US passes Selective Service act

1918 Neth Indian Volksraad installed in Batavia

and TNT explosion in chemical factory in Oakdale Penn kills 200

1922 Dutch 2nd Chamber agrees to 48 hour work week (was 45 hrs)

and S Belyavskij discovers asteroid #978 Aidamina

1926 H E Wood discovers asteroid #2193 Jackson

1927 "Slide Lake" in Gros Ventre Wyoming collapses

and Ritz Hotel opens in Boston

1929 Brooklyn Dodgers beat Phillies 20-16

1933 Tennessee Valley Act (TVA) Act signed by FDR, to build dams

1940 German troops conquer Brussels

1941 An Egyptian steamer sinks

and Italian army under general Aosta surrenders to Britain in Ethiopia

and Jewish veterans honor their dead

1942 L Boyer discovers asteroid #1601 Patry

and NYC ends night baseball games for rest of WW II

1943 Allied bombers attack Pantelleria in the Mediterranean Sea

1944 Polish 2nd Army corps captures convent of Monte Cassino

1947 A's catcher Warren Rosar catches his 147th game without an error

1948 Arab Legion captures fort on Mt Scopus

and Saudi Arabia joins invasion of Israel

1949 Antiquarian Booksellers Assoc of America incorporates

1950 Tommy Glaviano makes 3 consecutive errors on grounders

1951 UN moves HQ to NYC

and US General Collins predicts use of atom bomb in Korea

1953 1st woman to break sound barrier (Jacqueline Cochrane, USA)

1955 28.7 cm rain falls at Lake Maloya New Mexico (state record)

and Queen Juliana opens E55 fair in Amsterdam

1956 Hungarian party leader Matyas R kosi enforces his own policy

and Queen Juliana opens Rembrandt fairs in Amsterdam

1960 Eillen Fulton begins playing Lisa on As the World Turn (for > 30 yrs)

and Jean Genets "Le Balcon," premieres in Paris

1964 David Frost interviews Paul McCartney on BBC

1965 Gene Roddenberry suggests 16 names including Kirk for Star Trek Capt

and WTAF TV channel 29 in Philadelphia, PA (IND) begins broadcasting

1967 Silver hits record $1.60 an ounce in London

1969 Apollo 10 (Stafford/Cernan/Young) launched toward lunar orbit

1971 Bulgarian constitution goes into effect

and Mont Canadiens beat Chic Black Hawks 4 games to 3 for Stanley Cup

and Pres Nixon rejects 60 demands of Congressional Black Caucus

and Utah Stars beat Ky Colonels in 4th ABA championship, 4 games to 3

and Vampire rapist Wayne Bodens last victim found

1972 John Sebastian makes 63 consecutive free throws while blindfolded

1973 Russian party leader Brezhnev visits West Germany

1974 Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2691

and India becomes 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb

1977 E S Bus discovers asteroid #3598 Saucier

and Juventus wins 6th UEFA Cup at Bilbao

and Nightclub in Cincinnati fire kills 164

1978 Russian dissident Yuri Orlov exiled to compulsory work

1979 A Mrkos discovers asteroid #2304 Slavia

1980 Belgium 3rd govt of Martens forms

and China PR launch 1st intercontinental rocket

and Fernando Belaunde Terry elected president of Peru

and Mount St Helens blows its top in Washington State, 60 die

1985 1st remote location for "Nightline" (South Africa)

1986 David Goch finishes swimming 55,682 miles in a 25-yd pool

and South African army occupies Botswana, Zimbabwe & Zambia

Chung Kwung Ying did 2,750 "atomic" hand-stand push-ups

1988 Bayer Leverkusen wins 17th UEFA Cup at Leverkusen

1989 Lisa Strawberry files for divorce from Darryl

1990 Judy Carne arrested at JFK airport on an 11 year old drug warrant

1991 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

and USSR launches 2 cosmonauts to MIR space station

1993 Italian police arrest Mafia boss Benedetto "Nitto" Santapaola

1994 AC Milan wins Europe Cup 1: 4-0 against Barcelona

and Tropical Butterfly Garden at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo opens

1927 'Slide Lake' in Gros Ventre, Wyoming collapes, destroying Kelly,

Wyoming which had been evacuated.

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323 Alexander III the Great king of Macedonia/conqueror, dies at 32

526 John I Pope (523-26), dies

1160 Erik IX Helgi [The Saint], King of Sweden, dies

1410 Ruprecht Roman catholics German king, dies

1587 Felix van Cantalice Italian saint, dies

1625 Francisco G¢mez de Sandoval y Rojas Spanish marquis of Denia, dies

1653 Carel Reyniersz gov-gen (Neth East Indies), dies at 48

1675 Jacques Marquette jesuit/missionaries (Chicago) dies at 37

1724 Johann K Amman Swiss/Dutch doctor for deaf-mutes, dies at 54

1733 Georg Bohm German organist/composer, dies at 71

1767 Thaddaus Ferdinand Lipowsky composer, dies at 28

1808 Jacob Albright [Albrecht], German/US preacher, dies at 49

1829 Bernardo Bittoni composer, dies at 72

1832 Bonafazio Asioli composer, dies at 62

1839 Carolina [Maria A] Bonaparte (countess Lipona) dies at 57

1848 William A Leidesdorf black, dies at 38 in SF

1862 William H Keim US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 48

1864 James Byron Gordon Confederate brig-gen, dies at 41

1884 Heinrich R G”ppert German paleo-botanist, dies

1909 George Meredith English poet/writer (Diana of Crossways), dies

    Isaac M F Alb‚niz Spanish pianist/composer, dies at about 48

    Isaac [Manuel F] Alb‚niz Spanish pianist/composer), dies at 48

1910 Flor van Duyse composer, dies at 66

1911 Gustav Mahler Austr composer (Childrentotenlieder), dies at 50

1913 Otto Reubke composer, dies at 70

1918 Toivo Kuula composer, dies at 34

1930 Joao Marcellino Arroyo composer, dies at 68

1936 Alick Maclean composer, dies at 63

1949 James T Adams US historian (Pulitzer 1921)

1952 Rossetter Gleason Cole composer, dies at 86

1955 Edwin Scharff German painter/sculptor (Rosseb„ndiger), dies at 68

    Mary McLeod Bethune educator & civil rights leader, dies at 79

1961 Henry O'Neill actor (Lady Killer, Nothing But Trouble), dies

1965 Eduard J Dijksterhuis mathematician (Archimedes), dies at 72

1966 Paul Althaus German theologist (That Christian Wahrheit), dies at 78

1967 Andy Clyde Hopalong Cassidy's sidekick, dies at 75

    Richard Ainley actor (I Dood It, Above Suspicion), dies at 56

1972 Eero Aukusti Sipila composer, dies at 53

1973 Jeannette Rankin 1st Congresswoman (1917-19, 41-43), dies at 92

1974 Daniel R Topping US owner (NY Yankees), dies at 61

1975 Leroy Anderson composer, dies at 67

1980 Ian Curtis English rock vocalist (Joy Division), commit suicide at 23

1981 Arthur O'Connell actor (Mr Peepers, 2nd Hundred Years), dies at 73

    William Saroyan US stagewriter (Time of your life), dies at 72

1985 Tex Terry actor (Apache Rose, Timberjack), dies at 82

1987 Wilbur J Cohen 1st employee of Social Security System, dies at 73

1988 Daws Butler cartoon voice (Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound), dies at 71

1990 Jill Ireland actress (Carry on Nurse, Family), dies at 54 of cancer

1991 Edwina Booth actress (Trader Horn), dies at 86

1992 Lawrence Welk bandleader (L Welk Show), dies at 89 of pneumonia

    Marshall Thompson actor (Bog), dies of congestive heart failure at 65

    Skip Stephenson comedian (Real People), dies of heart attack at 54

1993 Heinrich Albertz theology/mayor of Berlin (1966-67), dies at 78

    Pamela M Cunnington English architect/writer, dies at 67

1995 Alexander Gudonov Russian dancer/actor (Witness), dies at 45

    Elisha Cook Jr actor (Maltese Falcon, Shane), dies at 91

    Elizabeth Montgomery actress (Bewitched), dies of cancer at 62

 

Holidays Which Occur May 18:

    Haiti Flag Day/University Day

    Sweden King Erik IX Helgi, [The Saint]

    Uruguay Battle of Las Piedras (1828)

 

Religious Observances on May 18:

    RC Month of Mary

250 RC Commemoration of St Venantius, bishop of Salona, martyr

526 RC Commemoration of St John I, pope & martyr (523-526)

1160 RC/Luth St Erix IX Jedvardson, king of Sweden, martyr

 

Things to Remember for May 18:

    Correct Posture Month-National Physical Fitness & Sports Month

    Flower-Hawthorne & Lily of the Valley    Gem-Emerald

    Good Car Keeping Month-National Bike Month-Better Sleep Month

    National Barbecue Month-National Photo Month-National Egg Month

    National Car Maintainence-Foot Health Month

    National Duckling Month-Reverse Your Work Schedule Month

    National Salad Month-National Hamburger Month

    National Tavern-Steelmark-Senior Citizen Month

    Sight Saving Month-Touring Theatre Month

    International Museum Day

    Visit Your Relatives Day

    World Good-Will Day

    [sweden] Erik name day in (most popular Swedish man's name)

 

Highlights in History Which Occur May 18:

526 St John I ends his reign as Catholic Pope

1096 Crusaders massacre Jews of Worm

1302 Trades people assault on French garrison (Brugse Metten)

1385 Peace of Doornik: Gent & Louis van Thoughts

1596 Willem Barents leaves Amsterdam for Novaya Zemlya

1619 Hugo the Great sentenced to life in prison

1631 English colony Massachusetts Bay grants puritarian voting right

1652 Rhode Island delegates anti-slavery laws

1703 Dutch & English troops occupy Cologne

1756 England declares war on France

1794 2nd battle of Bouvines (France-Austria)

1804 Napoleon became Emperor of France

1828 Battle of Las Piedras, ends conflict between Uruguay & Brazil

1830 Edwin Budding of England signs an agreement for manufacture of

    his invention, lawn mower. Saturdays are destroyed forever

1846 US troops attack Rio Grande occupying Matamoros

1851 Amsterdam-Nieuwediep telegraph connection linked

1860 Abraham Lincoln nominated for president

1861 Battle of Sewall's Point VA-1st Federal offense against South

and Friedrich Hebbels "Kriemhildes Rache," premieres in Weimar

1863 Siege of Vicksburg, MS

1864 Battle of Yellow Bayou, LA (Bayou de Glaize, Old Oaks)

1866 French Govt of De Putte resigns

1887 Emmanuel Chabriers opera "Le Roi Malgr‚ Luis," premieres in Paris

1889 Jules Massenets opera "Esclarmonde," premieres in Paris

1895 A Charlois discovers asteroid #403 Cyane

1896 Plessy vs Ferguson upholds "separate but equal" policy

and US Supreme court affirms race separation (Plessy v Ferguson)

1897 Dukas "L'Apprenti Sorcier Pruimtabak on the Market," premieres

and Irish Music Festival 1st held (Dublin)

and NY Giant William Joyce sets record of 4 triples in 1 game

1899 World Goodwill Day-26 nations meet in 1st Hague Peace Conference

1900 Britain proclaims protectorate over kingdom of Tonga

1904 American Ion Perdicaris kidnapped in Morocco

1910 Passage of Earth through tail of Halley's Comet causes near-panic

1911 J Helffrich discovers asteroid #714 Ulula

and Pres/dictator Jos‚ Porfirio Diaz of Mexico term ends

1912 H E Wood discovers asteroid #758 Mancunia

and Mauritius Binger establishes 2 Dutch movie company

and Phila A's beat Detroit Tigers 24-2

1917 Satie/Massine/Picasso's ballet "Parade," premieres in Paris

and US passes Selective Service act

1918 Neth Indian Volksraad installed in Batavia

and TNT explosion in chemical factory in Oakdale Penn kills 200

1922 Dutch 2nd Chamber agrees to 48 hour work week (was 45 hrs)

and S Belyavskij discovers asteroid #978 Aidamina

1926 H E Wood discovers asteroid #2193 Jackson

1927 "Slide Lake" in Gros Ventre Wyoming collapses

and Ritz Hotel opens in Boston

1929 Brooklyn Dodgers beat Phillies 20-16

1933 Tennessee Valley Act (TVA) Act signed by FDR, to build dams

1940 German troops conquer Brussels

1941 An Egyptian steamer sinks

and Italian army under general Aosta surrenders to Britain in Ethiopia

and Jewish veterans honor their dead

1942 L Boyer discovers asteroid #1601 Patry

and NYC ends night baseball games for rest of WW II

1943 Allied bombers attack Pantelleria in the Mediterranean Sea

1944 Polish 2nd Army corps captures convent of Monte Cassino

1947 A's catcher Warren Rosar catches his 147th game without an error

1948 Arab Legion captures fort on Mt Scopus

and Saudi Arabia joins invasion of Israel

1949 Antiquarian Booksellers Assoc of America incorporates

1950 Tommy Glaviano makes 3 consecutive errors on grounders

1951 UN moves HQ to NYC

and US General Collins predicts use of atom bomb in Korea

1953 1st woman to break sound barrier (Jacqueline Cochrane, USA)

1955 28.7 cm rain falls at Lake Maloya New Mexico (state record)

and Queen Juliana opens E55 fair in Amsterdam

1956 Hungarian party leader Matyas R kosi enforces his own policy

and Queen Juliana opens Rembrandt fairs in Amsterdam

1960 Eillen Fulton begins playing Lisa on As the World Turn (for > 30 yrs)

and Jean Genets "Le Balcon," premieres in Paris

1964 David Frost interviews Paul McCartney on BBC

1965 Gene Roddenberry suggests 16 names including Kirk for Star Trek Capt

and WTAF TV channel 29 in Philadelphia, PA (IND) begins broadcasting

1967 Silver hits record $1.60 an ounce in London

1969 Apollo 10 (Stafford/Cernan/Young) launched toward lunar orbit

1971 Bulgarian constitution goes into effect

and Mont Canadiens beat Chic Black Hawks 4 games to 3 for Stanley Cup

and Pres Nixon rejects 60 demands of Congressional Black Caucus

and Utah Stars beat Ky Colonels in 4th ABA championship, 4 games to 3

and Vampire rapist Wayne Bodens last victim found

1972 John Sebastian makes 63 consecutive free throws while blindfolded

1973 Russian party leader Brezhnev visits West Germany

1974 Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2691

and India becomes 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb

1977 E S Bus discovers asteroid #3598 Saucier

and Juventus wins 6th UEFA Cup at Bilbao

and Nightclub in Cincinnati fire kills 164

1978 Russian dissident Yuri Orlov exiled to compulsory work

1979 A Mrkos discovers asteroid #2304 Slavia

1980 Belgium 3rd govt of Martens forms

and China PR launch 1st intercontinental rocket

and Fernando Belaunde Terry elected president of Peru

and Mount St Helens blows its top in Washington State, 60 die

1985 1st remote location for "Nightline" (South Africa)

1986 David Goch finishes swimming 55,682 miles in a 25-yd pool

and South African army occupies Botswana, Zimbabwe & Zambia

    Chung Kwung Ying did 2,750 "atomic" hand-stand push-ups

1988 Bayer Leverkusen wins 17th UEFA Cup at Leverkusen

1989 Lisa Strawberry files for divorce from Darryl

1990 Judy Carne arrested at JFK airport on an 11 year old drug warrant

1991 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

and USSR launches 2 cosmonauts to MIR space station

1993 Italian police arrest Mafia boss Benedetto "Nitto" Santapaola

1994 AC Milan wins Europe Cup 1: 4-0 against Barcelona

and Tropical Butterfly Garden at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo opens

1927  'Slide Lake' in Gros Ventre, Wyoming collapes, destroying Kelly,

      Wyoming which had been evacuated.

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Load of bollix

 

did Tony Green, Peter Beardsley make their deubts.....did we sign Alan Shearer on your birthday...

 

These bloody blokes who don't realise that football is the ONLY thing that matters..oh yes

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323 Alexander III the Great king of Macedonia/conqueror, dies at 32

526 John I Pope (523-26), dies

1160 Erik IX Helgi [The Saint], King of Sweden, dies

1410 Ruprecht Roman catholics German king, dies

1587 Felix van Cantalice Italian saint, dies

1625 Francisco G¢mez de Sandoval y Rojas Spanish marquis of Denia, dies

1653 Carel Reyniersz gov-gen (Neth East Indies), dies at 48

1675 Jacques Marquette jesuit/missionaries (Chicago) dies at 37

1724 Johann K Amman Swiss/Dutch doctor for deaf-mutes, dies at 54

1733 Georg Bohm German organist/composer, dies at 71

1767 Thaddaus Ferdinand Lipowsky composer, dies at 28

1808 Jacob Albright [Albrecht], German/US preacher, dies at 49

1829 Bernardo Bittoni composer, dies at 72

1832 Bonafazio Asioli composer, dies at 62

1839 Carolina [Maria A] Bonaparte (countess Lipona) dies at 57

1848 William A Leidesdorf black, dies at 38 in SF

1862 William H Keim US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 48

1864 James Byron Gordon Confederate brig-gen, dies at 41

1884 Heinrich R G”ppert German paleo-botanist, dies

1909 George Meredith English poet/writer (Diana of Crossways), dies

    Isaac M F Alb‚niz Spanish pianist/composer, dies at about 48

    Isaac [Manuel F] Alb‚niz Spanish pianist/composer), dies at 48

1910 Flor van Duyse composer, dies at 66

1911 Gustav Mahler Austr composer (Childrentotenlieder), dies at 50

1913 Otto Reubke composer, dies at 70

1918 Toivo Kuula composer, dies at 34

1930 Joao Marcellino Arroyo composer, dies at 68

1936 Alick Maclean composer, dies at 63

1949 James T Adams US historian (Pulitzer 1921)

1952 Rossetter Gleason Cole composer, dies at 86

1955 Edwin Scharff German painter/sculptor (Rosseb„ndiger), dies at 68

    Mary McLeod Bethune educator & civil rights leader, dies at 79

1961 Henry O'Neill actor (Lady Killer, Nothing But Trouble), dies

1965 Eduard J Dijksterhuis mathematician (Archimedes), dies at 72

1966 Paul Althaus German theologist (That Christian Wahrheit), dies at 78

1967 Andy Clyde Hopalong Cassidy's sidekick, dies at 75

    Richard Ainley actor (I Dood It, Above Suspicion), dies at 56

1972 Eero Aukusti Sipila composer, dies at 53

1973 Jeannette Rankin 1st Congresswoman (1917-19, 41-43), dies at 92

1974 Daniel R Topping US owner (NY Yankees), dies at 61

1975 Leroy Anderson composer, dies at 67

1980 Ian Curtis English rock vocalist (Joy Division), commit suicide at 23

1981 Arthur O'Connell actor (Mr Peepers, 2nd Hundred Years), dies at 73

    William Saroyan US stagewriter (Time of your life), dies at 72

1985 Tex Terry actor (Apache Rose, Timberjack), dies at 82

1987 Wilbur J Cohen 1st employee of Social Security System, dies at 73

1988 Daws Butler cartoon voice (Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound), dies at 71

1990 Jill Ireland actress (Carry on Nurse, Family), dies at 54 of cancer

1991 Edwina Booth actress (Trader Horn), dies at 86

1992 Lawrence Welk bandleader (L Welk Show), dies at 89 of pneumonia

    Marshall Thompson actor (Bog), dies of congestive heart failure at 65

    Skip Stephenson comedian (Real People), dies of heart attack at 54

1993 Heinrich Albertz theology/mayor of Berlin (1966-67), dies at 78

    Pamela M Cunnington English architect/writer, dies at 67

1995 Alexander Gudonov Russian dancer/actor (Witness), dies at 45

    Elisha Cook Jr actor (Maltese Falcon, Shane), dies at 91

    Elizabeth Montgomery actress (Bewitched), dies of cancer at 62

 

Holidays Which Occur May 18:

    Haiti Flag Day/University Day

    Sweden King Erik IX Helgi, [The Saint]

    Uruguay Battle of Las Piedras (1828)

 

Religious Observances on May 18:

    RC Month of Mary

250 RC Commemoration of St Venantius, bishop of Salona, martyr

526 RC Commemoration of St John I, pope & martyr (523-526)

1160 RC/Luth St Erix IX Jedvardson, king of Sweden, martyr

 

Things to Remember for May 18:

    Correct Posture Month-National Physical Fitness & Sports Month

    Flower-Hawthorne & Lily of the Valley    Gem-Emerald

    Good Car Keeping Month-National Bike Month-Better Sleep Month

    National Barbecue Month-National Photo Month-National Egg Month

    National Car Maintainence-Foot Health Month

    National Duckling Month-Reverse Your Work Schedule Month

    National Salad Month-National Hamburger Month

    National Tavern-Steelmark-Senior Citizen Month

    Sight Saving Month-Touring Theatre Month

    International Museum Day

    Visit Your Relatives Day

    World Good-Will Day

    [sweden] Erik name day in (most popular Swedish man's name)

 

Highlights in History Which Occur May 18:

526 St John I ends his reign as Catholic Pope

1096 Crusaders massacre Jews of Worm

1302 Trades people assault on French garrison (Brugse Metten)

1385 Peace of Doornik: Gent & Louis van Thoughts

1596 Willem Barents leaves Amsterdam for Novaya Zemlya

1619 Hugo the Great sentenced to life in prison

1631 English colony Massachusetts Bay grants puritarian voting right

1652 Rhode Island delegates anti-slavery laws

1703 Dutch & English troops occupy Cologne

1756 England declares war on France

1794 2nd battle of Bouvines (France-Austria)

1804 Napoleon became Emperor of France

1828 Battle of Las Piedras, ends conflict between Uruguay & Brazil

1830 Edwin Budding of England signs an agreement for manufacture of

    his invention, lawn mower. Saturdays are destroyed forever

1846 US troops attack Rio Grande occupying Matamoros

1851 Amsterdam-Nieuwediep telegraph connection linked

1860 Abraham Lincoln nominated for president

1861 Battle of Sewall's Point VA-1st Federal offense against South

and Friedrich Hebbels "Kriemhildes Rache," premieres in Weimar

1863 Siege of Vicksburg, MS

1864 Battle of Yellow Bayou, LA (Bayou de Glaize, Old Oaks)

1866 French Govt of De Putte resigns

1887 Emmanuel Chabriers opera "Le Roi Malgr‚ Luis," premieres in Paris

1889 Jules Massenets opera "Esclarmonde," premieres in Paris

1895 A Charlois discovers asteroid #403 Cyane

1896 Plessy vs Ferguson upholds "separate but equal" policy

and US Supreme court affirms race separation (Plessy v Ferguson)

1897 Dukas "L'Apprenti Sorcier Pruimtabak on the Market," premieres

and Irish Music Festival 1st held (Dublin)

and NY Giant William Joyce sets record of 4 triples in 1 game

1899 World Goodwill Day-26 nations meet in 1st Hague Peace Conference

1900 Britain proclaims protectorate over kingdom of Tonga

1904 American Ion Perdicaris kidnapped in Morocco

1910 Passage of Earth through tail of Halley's Comet causes near-panic

1911 J Helffrich discovers asteroid #714 Ulula

and Pres/dictator Jos‚ Porfirio Diaz of Mexico term ends

1912 H E Wood discovers asteroid #758 Mancunia

and Mauritius Binger establishes 2 Dutch movie company

and Phila A's beat Detroit Tigers 24-2

1917 Satie/Massine/Picasso's ballet "Parade," premieres in Paris

and US passes Selective Service act

1918 Neth Indian Volksraad installed in Batavia

and TNT explosion in chemical factory in Oakdale Penn kills 200

1922 Dutch 2nd Chamber agrees to 48 hour work week (was 45 hrs)

and S Belyavskij discovers asteroid #978 Aidamina

1926 H E Wood discovers asteroid #2193 Jackson

1927 "Slide Lake" in Gros Ventre Wyoming collapses

and Ritz Hotel opens in Boston

1929 Brooklyn Dodgers beat Phillies 20-16

1933 Tennessee Valley Act (TVA) Act signed by FDR, to build dams

1940 German troops conquer Brussels

1941 An Egyptian steamer sinks

and Italian army under general Aosta surrenders to Britain in Ethiopia

and Jewish veterans honor their dead

1942 L Boyer discovers asteroid #1601 Patry

and NYC ends night baseball games for rest of WW II

1943 Allied bombers attack Pantelleria in the Mediterranean Sea

1944 Polish 2nd Army corps captures convent of Monte Cassino

1947 A's catcher Warren Rosar catches his 147th game without an error

1948 Arab Legion captures fort on Mt Scopus

and Saudi Arabia joins invasion of Israel

1949 Antiquarian Booksellers Assoc of America incorporates

1950 Tommy Glaviano makes 3 consecutive errors on grounders

1951 UN moves HQ to NYC

and US General Collins predicts use of atom bomb in Korea

1953 1st woman to break sound barrier (Jacqueline Cochrane, USA)

1955 28.7 cm rain falls at Lake Maloya New Mexico (state record)

and Queen Juliana opens E55 fair in Amsterdam

1956 Hungarian party leader Matyas R kosi enforces his own policy

and Queen Juliana opens Rembrandt fairs in Amsterdam

1960 Eillen Fulton begins playing Lisa on As the World Turn (for > 30 yrs)

and Jean Genets "Le Balcon," premieres in Paris

1964 David Frost interviews Paul McCartney on BBC

1965 Gene Roddenberry suggests 16 names including Kirk for Star Trek Capt

and WTAF TV channel 29 in Philadelphia, PA (IND) begins broadcasting

1967 Silver hits record $1.60 an ounce in London

1969 Apollo 10 (Stafford/Cernan/Young) launched toward lunar orbit

1971 Bulgarian constitution goes into effect

and Mont Canadiens beat Chic Black Hawks 4 games to 3 for Stanley Cup

and Pres Nixon rejects 60 demands of Congressional Black Caucus

and Utah Stars beat Ky Colonels in 4th ABA championship, 4 games to 3

and Vampire rapist Wayne Bodens last victim found

1972 John Sebastian makes 63 consecutive free throws while blindfolded

1973 Russian party leader Brezhnev visits West Germany

1974 Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2691

and India becomes 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb

1977 E S Bus discovers asteroid #3598 Saucier

and Juventus wins 6th UEFA Cup at Bilbao

and Nightclub in Cincinnati fire kills 164

1978 Russian dissident Yuri Orlov exiled to compulsory work

1979 A Mrkos discovers asteroid #2304 Slavia

1980 Belgium 3rd govt of Martens forms

and China PR launch 1st intercontinental rocket

and Fernando Belaunde Terry elected president of Peru

and Mount St Helens blows its top in Washington State, 60 die

1985 1st remote location for "Nightline" (South Africa)

1986 David Goch finishes swimming 55,682 miles in a 25-yd pool

and South African army occupies Botswana, Zimbabwe & Zambia

    Chung Kwung Ying did 2,750 "atomic" hand-stand push-ups

1988 Bayer Leverkusen wins 17th UEFA Cup at Leverkusen

1989 Lisa Strawberry files for divorce from Darryl

1990 Judy Carne arrested at JFK airport on an 11 year old drug warrant

1991 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

and USSR launches 2 cosmonauts to MIR space station

1993 Italian police arrest Mafia boss Benedetto "Nitto" Santapaola

1994 AC Milan wins Europe Cup 1: 4-0 against Barcelona

and Tropical Butterfly Garden at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo opens

1927  'Slide Lake' in Gros Ventre, Wyoming collapes, destroying Kelly,

      Wyoming which had been evacuated.

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Ferk me you're old! :unsure:

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on my last birthday we beat Man City 4-3

30th birthday Everton and Leeds drew 4-4.

 

29th birthday we got beat 2-0 by Spurs.

21st birthday we got beat 3-1 at Home to Charlton

1st birthday got beat 3-1 away at Everton.

 

 

Im starting to see an uncomfortable pattern here, am I a Jonah?

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on my last birthday we beat Man City 4-3

30th birthday Everton and Leeds drew 4-4.

 

29th birthday we got beat 2-0 by Spurs.

21st birthday we got beat 3-1 at Home to Charlton

1st birthday got beat 3-1 away at Everton.

 

 

Im starting to see an uncomfortable pattern here, am I a Jonah?

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you know who we play on October 24th this year don't you

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on my last birthday we beat Man City 4-3

30th birthday Everton and Leeds drew 4-4.

 

29th birthday we got beat 2-0 by Spurs.

21st birthday we got beat 3-1 at Home to Charlton

1st birthday got beat 3-1 away at Everton.

 

 

Im starting to see an uncomfortable pattern here, am I a Jonah?

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you know who we play on October 24th this year don't you

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Oh shit!!!!

 

I thought it was on the 23rd??? :razz:

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You're right, it's on Sunday the 23rd, on sky, I thought the sunday was the 24th.

 

As your birthday is so close to mine, I had a quick look at both of our birthdays over the years, and you are right, you do seem to be a jinx. ........ :razz:

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Our highest ever attendance, 60k odd v Chelsea a while back was on my birthday... although I hadnt been born. Sir Bobby was also unveiled as toon manager on my birthday..... and that day is also today!!!

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You're right, it's on Sunday the 23rd, on sky, I thought the sunday was the 24th.

 

As your birthday is so close to mine, I had a quick look at both of our birthdays over the years, and you are right, you do seem to be a jinx. ........  :razz:

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Oh shit!

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Events on my birthday:

 

1800 (aged minus 179): Britain occupies Cape Town, formally held by the Dutch.

 

1815 (aged minus 154): Britain loses the last ever battle it fough against the USA when General Sir Edward Pakenham's men were defeated at the Battle of New Orleans.

 

1959 (aged minus 20): Cuban Revolutionaries, led by Fidel Castro and Che Guevarra take control of Havana.

 

1959 (aged minus 20): Charles De Gaulle becomes President of France.

 

1982 (aged 3): Spain's siege of Gibraltar comes to an end.

 

1989 (aged 10): A Boeing 737 crashes onto the M1 Motorway near East Midlands Airport.

 

1991 (aged 12): A commuter train crashes into the buffers at Cannon Street Station in London.

 

1997 (aged 18): Kevin Keegan leaves his post as manager of Newcastle United.

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Just noticed we share the same birthday. Never knew about this stuff though...

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