WELCOME TO HISTORY, HONEY

Well.....Today is May 18th, and it is my husband's birthday. I researched some events that happened, in history, on this special date. I'd like to share these with you......

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.
1642...Montreal Canada was founded.
1652...Rhode Island enacts law, declaring slavery illegal.
1756...England declares war on France.
1804...Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed Emperor of France.
1843...United Free Church of Scotland forms.
1860...Republican Party nominates Abraham Lincoln for president.
1889...Jules Massenets opera "Esclarmonde" premieres in Paris.
1896...U.S. Supreme Court affirms race separation. (Plessey vs Ferguson)
1897...Irish Music Festival first held in Dublin.
1910...Passage of Earth through the tail of Halley's Comet causes near-panic.
1917...U.S. passes Selective Service Act.
1920...46th Preakness: Clarence Kummer aboard Man o' War wins.
1927...The Ritz Hotel opens in Boston.
1927...Grauman's Chinese Theater opens in Hollywood, CA.
1933...Tennessee Valley Act signed, by FDR, to build dams.
1934...TWA began commercial service.
1940...German troops conquer Brussels.
1941...Jewish veterens honor their dead.
1942...New York City ends night baseball games for the rest of WW II.
1948...Saudi Arabia joins invasion of Israel.
1951...The U.N. moves headquarters to New York City.
1952...Professor WF Libby said Stonehenge dates back to 1848 BC.
1953...Jacqueline Cochran is the first woman to break the sound barrier.
1956...Micky Mantle hits a home run from both sides of plate for record.
1964...David Frost interviews Paul McCartney on BBC.
1965...Gene Roddenberry suggests 16 names, including Kirk, for Star Trek Captain.
1967...Silver hits record $1.60 an ounce in London.
1969...Apollo 10 launched toward lunar orbit.
1973...Russian party leader Brezhnev visits West Germany.
1974...The "Streak", song by Ray Stevens, hits #1.
1978...Italy legalizes abortion.
1980...Mount St. Helens blows its top in Washington State.
1982...Unification Church founder Rev Sun Myung Moon is convicted of tax evasion.
1985...First remote location for TV show "Nightline", is stationed in South Africia.
1986...Chung Kwung Ying did 2,750 "atomic" hand-stand push-ups.
1991...U.S.S.R. launches 2 cosmonauts to MIR space station.
1992...Supreme Court rules that states could not force mentally unstable criminal defendants to take anti-psychotic drugs.
1994...Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip.
1994...Tropical Butterfly Garden at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo opens.
1997...Tiger Woods wins Bryon Nelson Golf Classic.

So......yes, it looks as though May 18th was a pretty busy day in history.

Of course, my favorite event on May 18th, was the birth of Thomas......my husband, my best friend, my soul mate.

Welcome to history, Honey......and Happy Birthday!!

Until we meet again.....Greetings and Salutations from the Moon..............Lj