May 18th, 2023

May 18th, 2023, was a Thursday. It was Day 138 of 2023. The decade was the 2020s.

20 days have passed since May 18th, 2023.

The zodiac star sign for this date is Taurus.

What happened on this date?

Notable events that occurred on May 18th, 2023.

A man is arrested after driving his car through a gate in the Vatican.
Legendary NFL running back Jim Brown dies at the age of 87.

Facts.

Basic facts and information about this date:

20 days have passed since May 18th, 2023.
Week Number: This date occurred during Week 20 of 2023.
Leap Year: 2023 is not a leap year.
Unix Timestamp: The Unix Timestamp for this date is 1684364400.

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Around this time.

Notable events that happened close to May 18th, 2023.

April 18th, 2023: Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems agree a last-minute settlement for $787.5m in a "vote-rigging" defamation case.
April 19th, 2023: Ukraine receives Patriot missiles from the United States.
April 19th, 2023: Oklahoma county commissioner Mark Jennings resigns after being recorded talking about lynching Black residents.
April 19th, 2023: At least 85 people are killed after a stampede occurs at a charity event in Yemen.
April 19th, 2023: K-pop singer Moon Bin commits suicide at the age of 25.
April 19th, 2023: Microsoft announces that it will be dropping Twitter from its advertising platform.
April 19th, 2023: Elon Musk threatens to sue Microsoft for allegedly training their ChatGPT AI with Twitter data.
April 20th, 2023: Twitter begins to remove legacy blue ticks from accounts.
April 20th, 2023: Involuntary manslaughter charges against actor Alec Baldwin are dropped.
April 20th, 2023: SpaceX's Starship explodes shortly after taking off.
April 20th, 2023: MillerKnoll CEO Andi Owen apologizes for her "leave pity city" speech.
April 20th, 2023: BuzzFeed announces that it is closing its news department.
April 21st, 2023: The horror film "Evil Dead Rise" is released.
April 22nd, 2023: Football: Wrexham win promotion to the Football League after 15 years.
April 23rd, 2023: Bed Bath & Beyond files for bankruptcy protection.
April 23rd, 2023: UK politics: Diane Abbott is suspended as a Labour MP after claiming that Jewish people do not face racism.
April 24th, 2023: It is announced that Tucker Carlson is leaving Fox News.
April 24th, 2023: Don Lemon announces that he has been fired by CNN.
April 24th, 2023: An arrest warrant is issued for Jackass star Bam Margera following a physical confrontation in Pennsylvania.
April 25th, 2023: US President Joe Biden confirms that he is running for reelection in 2024.
April 25th, 2023: Singer and activist, Harry Belafonte, dies at the age of 96.
April 25th, 2023: The Taliban kills the ISIS leader that orchestrated the 2021 Afghanistan airport attack.
April 26th, 2023: Microsoft's takeover of Activision is blocked by a British regulator.
April 27th, 2023: Talk show host Jerry Springer dies at the age of 79.
April 28th, 2023: Five people, including an 8-year-old boy, are shot dead at a house in Cleveland, Texas.
April 28th, 2023: It is reported that 110 members of the Malindi cult have been found dead in Kenya following a mass starvation incident.
April 29th, 2023: Ukrainian drones strike a Russian fuel depot in Crimea.
May 1st, 2023: The White House estimates that 100,000 Russian soldiers have died in Ukraine.
May 1st, 2023: The police find seven bodies on the land of a registered sex offender in Henryetta, Oklahoma.
May 1st, 2023: First Republic Bank is seized by financial regulators and sold to JPMorgan.
May 2nd, 2023: The 2023 Writers Guild of America strike begins.
May 2nd, 2023: The first-person shooter game "Redfall" is released.
May 3rd, 2023: The Kremlin claims that it was attacked by two drones overnight.
May 3rd, 2023: A student shoots nine people dead at the Vladislav Ribnikar Elementary School in Belgrade, Serbia.
May 4th, 2023: Eight people are killed in Serbia's second mass shooting in one week.
May 4th, 2023: A court rules that Ed Sheeran's song "Thinking Out Loud" did not copy Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On".
May 4th, 2023: GameStop announces that it is pulling out of Ireland.
May 4th, 2023: UK politics: The Conservative Party loses more than 1,000 council seats in the 2023 United Kingdom local elections.
May 5th, 2023: The film "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" is released.
May 5th, 2023: The WHO officially declares an end to Covid-19 global health emergency.
May 5th, 2023: Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin threatens to pull his troops out of Bakhmut due to ammo shortages.
May 6th, 2023: The coronation of King Charles III takes place.
May 6th, 2023: Eight people are killed in a mass shooting at a mall in Allen, Texas.
May 8th, 2023: Sum 41 announce that they are splitting up after 27 years together.
May 9th, 2023: A civil trial jury in New York finds that Donald Trump sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll.
May 10th, 2023: US congressman George Santos is charged with fraud and money laundering.
May 10th, 2023: Former US President Donald Trump appears on CNN Town Hall.
May 11th, 2023: Ukrainian forces make gains around the city of Bakhmut.
May 11th, 2023: Elon Musk announces that he will be stepping down as the CEO of Twitter.
May 11th, 2023: The United States accuses South Africa of supplying Russia with weapons.
May 12th, 2023: Lori Vallow Daybell is found guilty of murdering her two children and her husband's former wife.
May 12th, 2023: Elon Musk announces that Linda Yaccarino will become the new CEO of Twitter.
May 13th, 2023: Sweden win the 2023 Eurovision with the song "Tattoo" by Loreen.
May 14th, 2023: Famous American poker player Doyle Brunson dies at the age of 89.
May 15th, 2023: Vice Media files for bankruptcy.
May 15th, 2023: Argentina raises interest rates to 97% in an effort to tackle inflation.
May 16th, 2023: US Congresswoman Lauren Boebert files for divorce from her husband.
May 16th, 2023: Hungary blocks a payment from the EU that provides off-budget military support for Ukraine.
May 16th, 2023: At least six people are killed after a fire breaks out at a hostel in Wellington, New Zealand.
May 16th, 2023: Ukraine claims that it shot down two Russian hypersonic missiles.
May 17th, 2023: Researchers say that there is a 66% chance that the earth will pass the 1.5 C global warming threshold by 2027.
May 17th, 2023: A spokesperson for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle says that the couple were involved in a "near catastrophic car chase" involving paparazzi.
May 17th, 2023: Montana bans the app TikTok.
May 17th, 2023: A judge orders biotechnology entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes to surrender to custody to serve an 11-year prison sentence for wire fraud and defrauding investors.
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May 19th, 2023: The film "Fast X", starring Vin Diesel and Jason Statham, is released in movie theaters.
May 19th, 2023: The brother of TV presenter Phillip Schofield is jailed for 12 years for sexually abusing a child.
May 20th, 2023: British presenter Phillip Schofield steps down from ITV's "This Morning" show with "immediate effect".
May 20th, 2023: Manchester City win the Premier League title after Arsenal are beaten 1-0 by Nottingham Forest.
May 20th, 2023: The US says it will allow its Western allies to supply Ukraine with fighter jets such as the F-16.
May 20th, 2023: Russia claims that it has captured the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut.
May 20th, 2023: Boxing: Katie Taylor's unbeaten run comes to an end after she is defeated by Chantelle Cameron.
May 21st, 2023: 10 people are killed during a shootout at a car rally in Baja California, Mexico.
May 21st, 2023: Vinicius Junior is racially abused during a La Liga game between Real Madrid and Valencia.
May 22nd, 2023: Facebook's parent company, Meta, is fined €1.2 billion by Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) for transferring European user data to the United States.
May 22nd, 2023: Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong tests positive for COVID-19.
May 22nd, 2023: The Portuguese police announce plans to search a reservoir as part of the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.
May 22nd, 2023: Bryan Kohberger refuses to enter a plea over the University of Idaho murders.
May 22nd, 2023: A group of anti-Putin Russian nationals called the "Freedom of Russia Legion" launches an incursion in the Belgorod border region of Russia.
May 22nd, 2023: A 19-year-old man named Sai Varshith Kandula is arrested on multiple charges after crashing a U-Haul van into barriers near the White House.
May 23rd, 2023: It is announced that entertainer and convicted sex offender Rolf Harris has died at the age of 93.
May 23rd, 2023: The police search for the remains of Madeleine McCann at the Barragem do Arade reservoir in the Algarve, Portugal.
May 23rd, 2023: Target removes some of its LGBTQ+ merchandise from stores following threats to workers.
May 24th, 2023: Singer Tina Turner dies at the age of 83.
May 24th, 2023: Rapper Fetty Wap is sentenced to six years in prison for drug trafficking.
May 24th, 2023: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis launches his 2024 presidential campaign.
May 25th, 2023: The video game "The Lord of the Rings: Gollum" is released.
May 26th, 2023: Disney's fantasy film "The Little Mermaid" is released.
May 26th, 2023: Former "This Morning" host Phillip Schofield resigns from ITV after admitting that he had a "legal but unwise" relationship with a younger man.
May 26th, 2023: Singer Celine Dion cancels the rest of her tour due to her ongoing battle with a neurological disorder called Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS).
May 26th, 2023: A man is arrested for opening the emergency door of an Asiana Airlines flight during a landing in South Korea.
May 26th, 2023: Britney Spears tells fans that she has reconnected with her estranged mother.
May 27th, 2023: The Texas House of Representatives impeaches state Attorney General Ken Paxton over allegations of bribery and abuse of public trust.
May 27th, 2023: Twitter exits the European Union's voluntary Code of Practice on Disinformation.
May 27th, 2023: Soccer: Borussia Dortmund loses the Bundesliga title on the final day of the season after only managing a 2-2 draw against Mainz 05.
May 28th, 2023: The series finale of Succession is aired.
May 28th, 2023: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan secures another five years in power after defeating challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu in a run-off election.
May 28th, 2023: Soccer: Leicester City are relegated from the Premier League on the final day of the season, just seven years after they lifted the title.
May 29th, 2023: Soccer: Mauricio Pochettino is appointed as the new manager of Chelsea.
May 29th, 2023: Moscow is attacked by two dozen drones.
May 31st, 2023: That '70s Show actor Danny Masterson is found guilty on two counts of rape.
May 31st, 2023: Sevilla win the Europa League after beating Roma on penalties.
May 31st, 2023: Canada says that it will start printing health warnings directly on cigarettes.
June 1st, 2023: Australian soldier Ben Roberts-Smith loses a historic defamation case against newspapers that had accused him of war crimes in Afghanistan.
June 1st, 2023: The US Senate approves a debt ceiling deal just days before the deadline.
June 1st, 2023: US President Joe Biden trips after delivering a speech at a military academy in Colorado.
June 2nd, 2023: The computer-animated superhero film "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" is released.
June 2nd, 2023: At least 280 people die when three trains collide in the Indian state of Odisha.
June 3rd, 2023: Soccer: Manchester City win the FA Cup after defeating Manchester United 2-1.
June 3rd, 2023: Soccer: Real Madrid and Eden Hazard reach a mutual agreement to terminate his contract.
June 3rd, 2023: Soccer: PSG confirm that Lionel Messi is leaving the club.
June 4th, 2023: Saudia Arabia pledges to cut production in oil in an effort to keep prices afloat.
June 4th, 2023: A huge anti-government protest takes place in Poland.
June 4th, 2023: Fighter jets intercept an unresponsive Cessna Citation jet that flew over Washington, D.C., and then crashed in Virginia.
June 5th, 2023: Russia claims that it thwarted a major Ukrainian counteroffensive.
June 5th, 2023: Ukraine denies that Russia repelled its counteroffensive in Donetsk.
June 5th, 2023: Former FBI agent and convicted Russian spy, Robert Hanssen, is found dead in his prison cell at the age of 79.
June 5th, 2023: Apple reveals its Vision Pro AR headset.
June 5th, 2023: Soccer: French striker Karim Benzema leaves Real Madrid to join Saudi Pro League club Al-Ittihad.
June 6th, 2023: The video game "Diablo IV" is released.
June 6th, 2023: The Nova Kakhovka dam in Ukraine collapses, causing widespread flooding.
June 6th, 2023: US intelligence accuses Russia of destroying the Nova Kakhovka dam.
June 6th, 2023: The PGA Tour agrees to merge with its Saudi-backed rival LIV Golf.
June 6th, 2023: Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie launches his 2024 presidential run.
June 7th, 2023: Reddit announces that it will be laying off 5% of its workforce.
June 7th, 2023: Donald Trump's former vice-president, Mike Pence, officially declares his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination.
June 7th, 2023: CNN CEO Chris Licht is forced to step down.
June 9th, 2023: The film "Transformers: Rise of the Beasts" is released.

Horoscope, birthstone, and birth flower information.

Zodiac and birthstone information.

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Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on May 18th, 2023, will have the star sign Taurus.
Zodiac Element: Earth.
Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 2023 is the year of the Rabbit (Yin Fire).
The Life Path Number for this date is 3.
Native American Zodiac: May 18th, 2023 falls under the Beaver.
Birthstone: A person during the month of May will have the birthstone Emerald.
Birth flower (May): The Lily of the Valley and the Hawthorn.

Popular toys and games in 2023.

Toys and games that were popular on this date in 2023.

The PlayStation 5

The Xbox Series X

Celebrity birthdays.

Celebrities, historical figures, and other notable people who were born on May 18th.

Pope John Paul II

Pope. Deceased
Born on May 18th, 1920
He was not alive on this date.

Tina Fey

Actress.
Born on May 18th, 1970
She turned 53 on this day in 2023.

US President.

Joe Biden was the President of the United States on May 18th, 2023.

UK Prime Minister.

Rishi Sunak was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Irish Taoiseach.

Micheál Martin was the Taoiseach of Ireland.

Conception dates.

Conception estimates for this date.

Warning! These conception dates are based on broad estimates.

A baby that was born on May 18th, 2023 was most likely conceived around August 25th, 2022.
The due date for a baby that was conceived on May 18th, 2023 is close to February 8th, 2024.

Time difference & statistics.

Here are some fun statistics about May 18th, 2023.

A total of 20 days have passed since this date.
2 weeks have passed.
1,728,000 seconds have passed since the May 18th, 2023.
If you were born on this day, your heart has beated approximately 2,016,000 times.
Since May 18th, 2023, the Earth has travelled approximately 891,648,000 miles through space.
If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 288,000 times.
If you were born on this day, you have taken approximately 148,608 steps. That's about 66 miles!
Since this date, 20,736 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere!
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