May 18th is Visit Your Relatives Day as well as No Dirty Dishes Day.
We’re now on the 138th day of the year, and have 227 days left.
Everyone who was born on May 18 shares the same zodiac sign, Taurus.
We have collected the most interesting historical events and facts that all happened on May 18th, this is a day you really don’t want to miss out on!
Did you know that on this day in 1917, the US Congress passed the Selective Service Act? This authorized the US to raise a national army for WWI through conscription.
Keep reading for more facts about May 18th in history!
What Happened On May 18 In History?
2017
Chris Cornell, American musician of Soundgarden and Audioslave, committed suicide at age 52 by hanging.
India had their first successful nuclear bomb test.
The assigned code name of the mission was "Smiling Buddha." The bomb was detonated on the army base Pokhran Test Range under the supervision of several key Indian generals.
This act mandated a military draft for all males aged 18 to 30 to register to potentially be chosen for military service. Approximately 2.8 million ended up being drafted into World War I.
This massacre was the murder of approximately 800 Jew from Worms, Germany. The killings were done by crusaders after a rumor that the Jews had boiled a Christian alive, and used his corpse to contaminate water to poison the town's wells.
Did you know that on this day, May 18th 1917, the US Congress passed the Selective Service Act?