May 18

May 18 is the 138th day of the year (139th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. It is preceded by May 17, and succeeded by May 19. Following May 18, there are 227 days in the year.

Blavatsky's Gem of the Day

"Nature is upheld by antagonism. Passions, resistance, danger, are educators. We acquire the strength we have overcome."

Events

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Births

• 1887 – Sidney A. Cook, industrialist and President of Theosophical Society in America (d. 19??)

Deaths

• 1911 – Gustav Mahler, late-Romantic composer and conductor. (b. 1860)

Holidays and observances

• NAME OF HOLIDAY, SOMETHING ABOUT THE HOLIDAY - THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE

External links

• This Date in Wikipedia