Public Holidays on May 18

• 🌍 Ascension Day (Colombia)
• 🌍 Ascensión del señor (observado) (Colombia)
• 🌍 National Patriots' Day (Canada)
• 🌍 Victoria Day (Canada)

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On This Day in History — May 18

• 2015 — At least 78 people die in a landslide caused by heavy rains in the Colombian town of Salgar.
• 2009 — The LTTE are defeated by the Sri Lankan government, ending almost 26 years of fighting between the two sides.
• 2006 — The post Loktantra Andolan government passes a landmark bill curtailing the power of the monarchy and making Nepal a secular country.
• 2005 — A second photo from the Hubble Space Telescope confirms that Pluto has two additional moons, Nix and Hydra.
• 1994 — Israeli troops finish retreating from the Gaza Strip after occupying it, giving the area to the Palestine to govern.
• 1993 — Riots in Nørrebro, Copenhagen, caused by the approval of the four Danish exceptions in the Maastricht Treaty referendum. Police open fire against civilians for the first time since World War II and injure 11 demonstrators.

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Notable Births on May 18

• 1999 — Laura Omloop, Belgian singer-songwriter
• 1998 — Polina Edmunds, American figure skater
• 1993 — Stuart Percy, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1993 — Jessica Watson, Australian sailor
• 1990 — Dimitri Daeseleire, Belgian footballer
• 1990 — Yuya Osako, Japanese footballer

Notable Deaths on May 18

• 2017 — Roger Ailes, American businessman (b. 1940)
• 2017 — Jacque Fresco, American engineer and academic (b. 1916)
• 2017 — Chris Cornell, American singer (b. 1964)
• 2015 — Halldór Ásgrímsson, Icelandic accountant and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1947)
• 2015 — Raymond Gosling, English physicist and academic (b. 1926)
• 2015 — T. J. Moran, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1930)

Sports on May 18

• NBA: Cleveland Cavaliers @ Detroit Pistons — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLS: LAFC @ Nashville SC — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• Premier League: Burnley @ Arsenal — 19:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Atlanta Braves @ Miami Marlins — 22:40 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Baltimore Orioles @ Tampa Bay Rays — 22:40 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Cincinnati Reds @ Philadelphia Phillies — 22:40 UTC Scheduled

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Public Holidays on May 19

• 🌍 Atatürk Commemoration & Youth Day (Turkey)
• 🌍 Atatürk'ü Anma, Gençlik ve Spor Bayramı (Turkey)

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On This Day in History — May 19

• 2016 — EgyptAir Flight 804 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea while traveling from Paris to Cairo, killing all on board.
• 2015 — The Refugio oil spill deposited 142,800 U.S. gallons (3,400 barrels) of crude oil onto an area in California considered one of the most biologically diverse coastlines of the west coast.
• 2012 — Three gas cylinder bombs explode in front of a vocational school in the Italian city of Brindisi, killing one person and injuring five others.
• 2012 — A car bomb explodes near a military complex in the Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor, killing nine people.
• 2010 — The Royal Thai Armed Forces concludes its crackdown on protests by forcing the surrender of United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship leaders.
• 2007 — President of Romania Traian Băsescu survives an impeachment referendum and returns to office from suspension.

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Notable Births on May 19

• 1995 — Taane Milne, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1994 — Carlos Guzmán, Mexican footballer
• 1992 — Michele Camporese, Italian footballer
• 1992 — Ola John, Dutch footballer
• 1992 — Felise Kaufusi, New Zealand-Tongan rugby league player
• 1992 — Evgeny Kuznetsov, Russian ice hockey player

Notable Deaths on May 19

• 2017 — Nawshirwan Mustafa, General coordinator of the Movement for Change (Gorran) (b. 1944)
• 2016 — Alan Young, English-born Canadian-American actor (b. 1919)
• 2016 — Morley Safer, American journalist (b. 1931)
• 2015 — Bruce Lundvall, American businessman (b. 1935)
• 2015 — Ted McWhinney, Australian-Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1924)
• 2015 — Happy Rockefeller, American philanthropist, socialite; 31st Second Lady of the United States (b. 1926)

Sports on May 19

• WNBA: Washington Mystics @ Dallas Wings — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NBA: San Antonio Spurs @ Oklahoma City Thunder — 00:30 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Texas Rangers @ Colorado Rockies — 00:40 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Athletics @ Los Angeles Angels — 01:38 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Chicago White Sox @ Seattle Mariners — 01:40 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Los Angeles Dodgers @ San Diego Padres — 01:40 UTC Scheduled

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