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Monday, 18 May 2026

Day 138 of 2026  ·  227 days remaining in the year  ·  Week 21
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3 Births
3 Events
1 Reminders
7 Total entries

★ Born on this day 3 entries

1850
Oliver Heaviside, physicist who predicted the existance of the ionosphere, used to reflect radio waves.
US Science & Technology 176 yrs ago
1918
Pope John Paul II.
US Religion 108 yrs ago
1956
Sugar Ray Leonard, boxer.
US Sport 70 yrs ago

► Events on this day 3 entries

1830
Edwin Budding of England signs an agreement for manufacture of his invention, the lawn mower. Saturdays are destroyed forever.
GB Science & Technology 196 yrs ago
1933
TVA Act signed by President Roosevelt.
US Politics & Government 93 yrs ago
1980
Mount St. Helens blew its top in Washington State.
US 46 yrs ago

▶ Also today 1 entry

▶National "Visit Your Relatives Day", (Yes, including Mother In-Law)