Daily Calendar for May 18th, 2021

The Old Farmer's Almanac daily calendar gives you quick reference for the significant events on any day throughout the year.

1640s

• 1642: Montreal, Quebec, founded

1870s

• Born 1872: Bertrand Russell (philosopher & mathematician)

1890s

• Born 1897: Frank Capra (director)

1910s

• 1910: Masses feared the end of the world during passage of Halley's Comet

• Born 1912: Perry Como (singer)

• 1917: U.S. Selective Draft Act passed

1920s

• Born 1920: Pope John Paul II

1930s

• 1933: Tennessee Valley Authority created

• 1934: TWA was first airline to fly the Douglas DC-2 aircraft

• Born 1937: Brooks Robinson (baseball player)

1940s

• Born 1946: Reggie Jackson (baseball player)

1950s

• Born 1952: George Strait (country singer)

• 1953: Aviator Jackie Cochran became the first woman to exceed Mach 1

1960s

• 1969: Apollo 10 spacecraft launched from Cape Kennedy

1970s

• Born 1970: Tina Fey (writer & actress)

• 1974: India became world's sixth nuclear power

• Born 1975: Jack Johnson (musician)

1980s

• 1980: A magnitude 5.1 earthquake causes the cataclysmic eruption of Mount St. Helens, killing 57 people.

1990s

• Died 1995: Elizabeth Montgomery (actress)

2000s

• 2000: Law passed to remove Confederate flag from South Carolina statehouse

• 2004: Randy Johnson made history by becoming the oldest major league player (at age 40) to throw a perfect game. Cy Young was previously the oldest to pitch perfection at 37

• Died 2004: Elvin Ray Jones (renowned jazz drummer and member of John Coltrane's quartet who also played alongside Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, and Miles Davis)

• Died 2009: Wayne Allwine (voice of Mickey Mouse for over 30 years)