May 18

Today in History
• 1096 - Crusaders massacre Jews of Worm
• 1291 - Sultan of Egypt and his son take last Christian stronghold of Acre
• 1619 - Hugo the Great sentenced to life in prison
• 1631 - John Winthrop is elected 1st governor of Massachusetts
• 1642 - Montreal Canada founded
• 1652 - Rhode Island enacts 1st law declaring slavery illegal
• 1756 - England declares war on France
• 1843 - United Free Church of Scotland forms


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Ascension Day
• Haitian Flag Day
• I Love Reese's Day
• International Museum Day
• National Notebook Day
• National Visit Your Relatives Day
• State Flag of Turkmenistan Day
• World AIDS Vaccine Day

Birthdays
• 1048 - Omar Khayyam, born in Iran, poet, mathematician, physicist, astronomer
• 1742 - Lionel Lukin, British life boat pioneer
• 1778 - Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry
• 1792 - Margaret Ann Neve, British 1st recorded female Supercentenarian
• 1797 - Frederik Augustus II, King of Saxon, 1836-54
• 1850 - Oliver Heaviside, London, physicist, predicted ionosphere
• 1868 - Nicholas II Aleksandrovitsj, last tsar of Russia, 1894-1917
• 1885 - Eurico Gaspar Dutra, president of Brazil, 1945-50