On This Day: May 18th

A shooting carried out by two gunmen at the Islamic Center of San Diego results in the deaths of five people, including the perpetrators.

United States presidential election: Joe Biden launches his presidential campaign.

A school shooting at Santa Fe High School in Texas kills ten people.

Cubana de Aviación Flight 972 crashes in Santiago de las Vegas after takeoff from José Martí International Airport in Havana, Cuba, killing 112 of the 113 people on board.

At least 78 people die in a landslide caused by heavy rains in the Colombian town of Salgar.

The LTTE are defeated by the Sri Lankan government, ending almost 26 years of fighting between the two sides.

The post Loktantra Andolan government passes a landmark bill curtailing the power of the monarchy and making Nepal a secular country.

A second photo from the Hubble Space Telescope confirms that Pluto has two additional moons, Nix and Hydra.

Israeli troops finish withdrawing from the Gaza Strip, ceding the area to the Palestinian National Authority to govern.

Riots in Nørrebro, Copenhagen, caused by the approval of the four Danish exceptions in the Maastricht Treaty referendum. Police open fire against civilians for the first time since World War II and injure 11 demonstrators.