TUESDAY, MAY 18, 2010

Today is Tuesday, May 18, the 138th day of 2010. 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

1933 _ Tennessee Valley Act (TVA) Act signed by FDR, to build dams

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

1954 _ European Convention on Human Rights goes into effect

1980 _ China People's Republic launch first intercontinental rocket

1982 _ Unification Church founder Reverend Moon Sun-myung convicted of tax evasion