CoM Moderators Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 Historical Events 1765 - Fire destroys a large part of Montreal, Quebec 1812 - John Bellingham, a Liverpool merchant who assassinated British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval on May 11, is hung for the crime at the Old Bailey in London 1869 - Robert Tanner Freeman is 1st African American to graduate from Harvard Dental School 1956 - Queen Juliana opens Rembrandt fairs in Amsterdam, Netherlands 1967 - Tennessee Governor Ellington approves repeal of the Butler Act (or "Monkey Law") - prohibiting the teaching of evolution, upheld in 1925 Scopes Trial 1990 - TV movie "Return To Green Acres" airs More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1885 - Eurico Gaspar Dutra, Brazilian leader, President of Brazil (1945-50), born in Cuiabá, Brazil (d. 1974) 1892 - Ezio Pinza, Italian American operatic bass (NY Metropolitan Opera, 1926-48), and Tony Award-winning singer (South Pacific), born in Rome, Italy (d. 1957) 1922 - George Kitson, British principal of the Central School of Speech and Drama, born in Magherafelt, Northern Ireland (d. 2010) 1943 - Jimmy 'Superfly' Snuka, Fijian-born American professional wrestler, born in Suva, British Fiji (d. 2017) 1944 - Peter Ryan, British national director (Police Training) 1947 - John Bruton, Irish politician, Prime Minister of the Republic of Ireland (1994-97), born in Dunboyle, Ireland More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1848 - William Leidesdorff, Mixed-race early Californian businessman, dies at 37 1922 - Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1907), dies at 76 2000 - Gideon William Waldrop, American composer and educator (Julliard School, 1961-85), dies at 80 2007 - Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist and Nobel Prize laureate (1991), dies at 74 2009 - Wayne Allwine, American voice actor (3rd Mickey Mouse, 1977-2009), dies at 62 2021 - Franco Battiato, Italian pop, rock, and new wave singer, songwriter (“La Voce del Padrone” (“The Master’s Voice”), and filmmaker ("Lost Love"), dies at 76 More Famous Deaths » Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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