May 18th (1955) was a Wednesday. It's the 138th day of the year (139th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 227 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 18th May, 1955
» Operation Passage to Freedom, the evacuation of 310,000 Vietnamese people or Vietnamese civilians, soldiers and non-Vietnamese members of the French Union known as French Army from communist North Vietnam to South Vietnam following the end of the First In
Famous Birthdays on May 18 in 1955
» Chow Yun-fat, Hong Kong actor
» Lena T. Hansson, Swedish actress
» Peeter Vähi, Estonian composer
May 18th Famous Deaths for 1955
» Mary McLeod Bethune, American educator and activist (b. 1875)
May 18th Holidays in History
» Battle of Las Piedras known as Battle of Las Piedras Day (Uruguay)
» Christian feast day:
» Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury
» Eric IX of Sweden
» Felix of Cantalice
» Pope John I
» Venantius of Camerino
» May 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Public holidays in Haiti named Flag and Universities Day (Haiti)
» History of Somaliland Separatism e.g Independence Day (Somaliland (List of states with limited recognition called unrecognized))
» International Museum Day (International observance e.g International)
» Mullivaikkal Remembrance Day (Sri Lankan Tamil people or Sri Lankan Tamils)
» Public holidays in Turkmenistan known as Revival, Unity, and Poetry of Magtymguly Day (Turkmenistan)
» World AIDS Vaccine Day (International observance known as International)