Today is Saturday, May 18, the 138th day of 2013. There are 227 days left in the year.
1804 ― Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed emperor of France
1830 ― Edwin Budding of England signs an agreement for manufacture of his invention, the lawn mower; Saturdays are destroyed forever
1860 ― Republican Party nominates Abraham Lincoln for president
1934 ― Academy Award first called Oscar in print (Sidney Skolsky)
1951 ― U.N. moves headquarters to NYC
1951 ― U.S. General Collins predicts use of atom bomb in Korea
1978 ― Italy legalizes abortion
1980 ― China People’s Republic launch first intercontinental rocket
1982 ― Unification Church founder Reverend Moon Sun-myung Moon convicted of tax evasion
1986 ― Chung Kwung Ying does 2,750 “atomic” hand-stand push-ups