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Events on May 18

• 1693 During the War of the Palatine Succession, Heidelberg Castle, the residence of the Palatine electors, is blown up by French troops.
• 1724 The church cantata Whoever Believes and Is Baptized by Johann Sebastian Bach is premiered on the occasion of the Feast of Christ's Ascension in Leipzig.
• 1830 The English inventor Edwin Beard Budding signs a production contract for the lawnmower he invented, a reel mower.
• 1848 As a result of the March Revolution, the National Assembly, the first democratically elected parliament for Germany, meets for the first time in St. Paul's Church in Frankfurt am Main.
• 1941 The battleship Bismarck of the German Navy sets out from Gotenhafen with the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen and several destroyers for Operation Rheinübung, heading toward the Atlantic, in order to support the U-boat war in the Second World War.
• 1951 In Lund, Sweden, the first Tetra Pak packages for milk, invented by Erik Wallenberg based on an idea by Ruben Rausing, are presented to the public.
• 1953 The pedestal remaining after wartime damage to the Kaiser Wilhelm Monument at the German Corner in Koblenz is handed over by Federal President Theodor Heuss to the public for use as a future memorial to German unity.
• 1961 The French comics magazine Pilote begins with the publication of Asterix and the Goths, the first Asterix adventure set outside Gaul.
• 1976 In the Federal Republic of Germany, the new regulation of abortion (indications model) is signed.
• 1990 Theo Waigel and Walter Romberg sign the German-German State Treaty for the formation of a monetary, economic and social union. The treaty enters into force on 1 July.
• 2019 Heinz-Christian Strache resigns from the office of Vice Chancellor of Austria due to the Ibiza affair. Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz declared the end of the coalition of ÖVP and FPÖ and announces new elections for September 2019.
• 2022 Through a 5:4 penalty-shootout win over the Glasgow Rangers, Eintracht Frankfurt wins the UEFA Europa League.

Born on May 18

• 1876 Hermann Müller, German politician, member of the Reichstag, member of the Weimar National Assembly, Reich minister, Reich chancellor
• 1883 Walter Gropius, German architect, founder of the Bauhaus
• 1897 Frank Capra, American film director
• 1920 John Paul II., Pope
• 1940 Anita Kupsch, German actress
• 1950 Thomas Gottschalk, German television presenter
• 1960 Yannick Noah, French professional tennis player
• 1970 Tina Fey, American author, comedian and actress
• 1971 Sebastian Bezzel, German actor
• 1972 Ingo Pohlmann, German pop musician

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Source of events and birthdays: German Wikipedia article „18. Mai“, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, selected, shortened and translated by Birthday Paper.

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