MONDAY, MAY 18, 2020

1804 ― Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed Emperor of France

1830 ― Edwin Budding of England signs an agreement for manufacture of his invention, the lawn mower

1910 ― Passage of Earth through tail of Halley's Comet causes near-panic

1927 ― Grauman's Chinese Theater opens in Hollywood CA

1948 ― Saudi Arabia joins invasion of Israel

1950 ― Tommy Glaviano makes 3 consecutive errors on grounders

1951 ― U.N. moves HQ to NYC

1978 ― Italy legalizes abortion

1982 ― Unification Church founder Reverend Sun Myung Moon convicted of tax evasion

1985 ― "One Night In Bangkok" by Murray Head hits #3

1991 ― France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1993 ― Danish people vote in favor of ratifying the Maastricht Treaty

1997― Tiger Woods wins Byron Nelson Golf Classic