"May 18 in History: Significant Events and Notable Birthdays"

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"May 18 in History: Significant Events and Notable Birthdays"

[!CDATA[Today is May 18, 2025, marking the 138th day of the year with 227 days remaining. On this day in history, significant events include the eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980, the start of the Siege of Vicksburg in 1863, and the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896. Tragically, the deadliest school attack in America occurred in 1927 when a farmer named Andrew Kehoe detonated explosives at a schoolhouse in Michigan, resulting in the deaths of 38 children and six adults. President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Tennessee Valley Authority in 1933, and in 1973, Archibald Cox was appointed as the Watergate special prosecutor. In 1981, the New York Native newspaper published the first report on what would later be known as AIDS, highlighting a new disease affecting the LGBTQ+ community. The U.S. government filed an antitrust case against Microsoft in 1998, accusing the software giant of stifling competition. Tragically, in 2018, a 17-year-old opened fire at a high school in the Houston area, resulting in the deaths of eight students and two teachers. Today's birthdays include those of Pope John Paul II, actor Chow Yun-Fat, and singer Tina Fey. May 18 has seen significant historical events and notable individuals throughout the years, shaping the course of history and culture.]]