What happend on 18th May

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19.05
1948

The First Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China officially convenes in Nanking.

1944

Deportation of Crimean Tatars by the Soviet Union government.

1944

World War II: Battle of Monte Cassino

1933

New Deal: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signs an act creating the Tennessee Valley Authority.

1927

The Bath School Disaster: Forty-five people are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in Michigan.

1926

Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears while visiting a Venice, California, beach.

1917

World War I: The Selective Service Act passes the U.S. Congress giving the President the power of conscription.

1910

The Earth passes through the tail of Comet Halley.

1900

The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga.

1896

The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that separate but equal is constitutional.