WHAT HAPPENED ON 18. MAY
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American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg begins. (18. May 1863)

The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that the "separate but equal" doctrine is constitutional. (18. May 1896)

Khodynka Tragedy: A mass panic on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II results in the deaths of 1,389 people. (18. May 1896)

The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga. (18. May 1900)

The Earth passes through the tail of Comet Halley. (18. May 1910)

The first Indian film, Shree Pundalik by Dadasaheb Torne is released in Mumbai. (18. May 1912)

World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription. (18. May 1917)

Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears while visiting a Venice, California beach. (18. May 1926)

The Bath School Disaster: forty-five people are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in Michigan. (18. May 1927)

After being founded for 20 years, the Government of the Republic of China approves Tongji University to be among the first national universities of the Republic of China. (18. May 1927)

New Deal: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an act creating the Tennessee Valley Authority. (18. May 1933)

World War II: Battle of Monte Cassino – Conclusion after seven days of the fourth battle as German paratroopers evacuate Monte Cassino. (18. May 1944)

Deportation of Crimean Tatars by the Soviet Union government. (18. May 1944)

The First Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China officially convenes in Nanking. (18. May 1948)

Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier. (18. May 1953)

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. (18. May 1955)

First ascent of Lhotse 8,516 meters, by a Swiss team. (18. May 1956)

An F-104 Starfighter sets a world speed record of 1,404.19 mph (2,259.82 km/h). (18. May 1958)

Launch of the National Liberation Committee of Côte d'Ivoire in Conakry, Guinea. (18. May 1959)

Israeli spy Eli Cohen was hanged in Damascus, Syria. (18. May 1965)