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May 18: Haitian Flag Day in Haiti (1803); Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Crimean Tatar Genocide in Ukraine

Sada Abe

1388 – At the Battle of Buir Lake, a Ming Chinese army led by general Lan Yu defeated the forces of Tögüs Temür, the Mongol khan of Northern Yuan.
1936 – In a crime that captivated Japan, Sada Abe (pictured) strangled her lover, cut off his genitals, and carried them around with her for several days until her arrest.
1952 – First Indochina War: Viet Minh forces overran a French and Laotian garrison at Muong Khoua, leaving only four survivors.
1965 – Eli Cohen, a spy who is credited with gathering significant intelligence used by Israel during the Six-Day War, was publicly hanged in Syria.
1996 – Ireland won the Eurovision song contest for the seventh time, the highest number of wins for any country before Sweden tied it in 2023.

Omar Khayyam (b. 1048)
Thomas Midgley Jr. (b. 1889)
Mary McLeod Bethune (d. 1955)

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World AIDS Vaccine day[edit]

a worthwhile cause but not a government thing. suggest deletion--Richardson mcphillips (talk) 13:15, 18 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

advocate awareness day. agreed. any discussion? --2607:FEA8:D5DF:1AF0:DD5D:CE11:7C78:B703 (talk) 11:14, 18 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]