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May 18 is the 138th day of the year (139th in leap years) ... National Speech Pathologist Day (United States) Mullivaikkal Remembrance Day (Sri Lankan Tamils)
Haitian Flag Day (Haitian Creole: Jounen Drapo Ayisyen; French: La fête du drapeau haïtien) is a Haitian public holiday celebrating the creation of the flag of Haiti during the Haitian Revolution. The day is celebrated each year on 18 May, which is the anniversary of the date of the flag's adoption in 1804.
Events. 1631 – In Dorchester, Massachusetts, John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts.; 1652 – Rhode Island passes the first law in North America making slavery illegal.
Pizza Party Day (3rd Friday) May 18. National Visit Relatives Day. HIV Vaccine Awareness Day. International Astronomy Day. World Whiskey Day (3rd Saturday): 5 Best Whiskeys to Keep in Your Cabinet.
Constitution Day: 17 May: 1814 Denmark: National Day: Independence and the Constitution of Norway (17 May 1814). Independence Day: 7 June: 1905 Sweden: Union Dissolution and Independence Day (7 June 1905). Oman: National Day: 18 November: 1650 Portugal Pakistan: Independence Day (Youm-e-Azadi) 14 August: 1947 United Kingdom
In 1997, 18 May was established as a national day of commemoration for the massacre and a national cemetery for the victims was established. [16] Later investigations confirmed the various atrocities that had been committed by the army. In 2011, the documents of Gwangju Uprising were listed on the UNESCO Memory of the World Register.
The Treaty of Paris Desk is seen inside of the John Quincy Adams State Drawing Room at the State Department on May 24, 2016 in Washington, DC. The Treaty of Paris, which ended the Revolutionary ...
The concept of World AIDS Vaccine Day is rooted in a May 18, 1997 commencement speech at Morgan State University made by then-President Bill Clinton. Clinton challenged the world to set new goals in the emerging age of science and technology and develop an AIDS vaccine within the next decade stating, "Only a truly effective, preventive HIV ...