May 1918 in History

Events in History

Birthdays in History

May 1 Gersh Budker, Russian physicist (d. 1977)
May 2 Frederick Archibald Warner, British diplomat, born in Blagdon, England (d. 1995)
May 4 Kakuei Tanaka, Japanese Prime Minister (1972-74), convicted of bribe-taking, born in Kariwa, Japan (d. 1993)
May 4 Thomas Mead, Australian politician and journalist, born in Randwick, Australia (d. 2004)

Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (1918-2004)

May 6 1st President of the United Arab Emirates, born in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, birth date disputed

May 9 Orville Freeman, American politician (Governor of Minnesota 1955-61, US Secretary of Agriculture 1961-69), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 2003)
May 10 George Welch, American World War II flying ace (Medal of Honor nominee) and test pilot, born in Wawaset Park, Delaware (d. 1954)
May 11 Richard Feynman, American theoretical physicist, born in Queens, New York (d. 1988)

Julius Rosenberg (1918-1953)

May 12 1st American civilian executed for espionage after he and his wife were convicted of passing secret radar, jet and nuclear information to the Soviet Union, born in NYC, New York

May 13 John Baines Johnston, British diplomat (British High Commissioner to Rhodesia just before independence, High Commissioner of Malaysia), born in Maryport, England (d. 2005)
May 16 Edward Thomas, historian/intelligence expert
May 16 Juan Rulfo, Mexican writer (Pedro Paramo)
May 16 Kevin Skelton, Bishop (Lichfield)
May 19 Abraham Pais, Dutch-born American physicist (d. 2000)
May 20 Edward B. Lewis, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (d. 2004)
May 21 Leonard Mullens, British rubber physicist (Mullins effect) (d. 1997)
May 22 David Land, impresario and theatre producer, born in London (d. 1995)
May 24 Coleman Young, 1st African American Mayor of Detroit, born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama (d. 1997)
May 27 Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japanese politician (Prime Minister of Japan 1982-87), born in Takasaki, Japan (d. 2019)
May 30 Bob Evans, American restaurateur (d. 2007)
May 30 Guadalupe "Pita" Amor, Mexican poet (d. 2000)

Deaths in History

May 1 Grove Karl Gilbert, American geologist (investigated Lake Bonneville, Utah), dies at 74
May 3 Charlie Soong, Chinese Methodist missionary and key player in the Xinhai Revolution of 1911, dies at 55
May 9 George Coşbuc, Romanian poet, dies at 51
May 12 Abel Hoadley, Australian confectioner (Violet Crumble), dies at 73
May 14 James Gordon Bennett Jr., American newspaper publisher (thought to have inspired the phrase "Gordon Bennett"), dies at 77
May 16 Eusapia Palladino, Italian spiritual medium, dies at 64
May 19 Gervais Raoul Lufbery, French-American World War I fighter pilot and flying ace, dies at 33
May 27 Henry Adams, American historian and writer (Education of Henry Adams), dies at 80
May 30 Georgy Valentinovich Plekhanov, Russian revolutionary theorist, dies at 61
May 31 Alexander Mitscherlich, German chemist and son of Eilhard Mitscherlich, dies at 82