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On 18 May 2013, President Park Geun-hye attended the 33rd anniversary of the Gwangju Uprising and stated, "I feel the sorrow of family members and the city of Gwangju every time I visit the National May 18 Cemetery", and that "I believe achieving a more mature democracy is a way to repay the sacrifice paid by those [killed in the massacre]." [67]
May 18th National Cemetery (Korean: 국립5·18민주묘지; Hanja: 國立5·18民主墓地) is a cemetery for those who participated in the Gwangju Uprising. [1] [2] Built by the government of South Korea in 1997, it is located in Gwangju. Every May, on the anniversary of the uprising, it is common for citizens to visit the cemetery to honor ...
Highlights of this day in history: Mt. St. Helens erupts in Washington State; The U.S. Supreme Court upholds racial segregation; Pope John Paul II born in Poland; Movie director Frank Capra born ...
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.
Sequence of events on May 18 Lakes nearest to Mount St. Helens have been partly covered with fallen trees for more than 40 years. This photograph was taken in 2012. North Fork Toutle River valley filled with landslide deposits. As May 18 dawned, Mount St. Helens's activity did not show any change from the pattern of the preceding month.
May 18: Haitian Flag Day in Haiti ; Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Crimean Tatar Genocide in Ukraine The Bath School after the explosions 1302 – Armed insurrectionists massacred the occupying French garrison in Bruges , Flanders , killing approximately 2,000 people.
Pokhran-II (1998) appears on May 11, so Smiling Buddha should not appear in the same year; Brown v. Board of Education (1954) appears on May 17, so Plessy v. Ferguson should not appear the same year; Lassen Peak appears on May 22, so 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens should not appear the same year