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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_18" title="May 18">May 18</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Accessibility_Awareness_Day" title="Global Accessibility Awareness Day">Global Accessibility Awareness Day</a></b> (2023); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Flag_Day" title="Haitian Flag Day">Haitian Flag Day</a></b> in Haiti (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1803" title="1803">1803</a>); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deportation_of_the_Crimean_Tatars" title="Deportation of the Crimean Tatars">Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Crimean Tatar Genocide</a></b> in Ukraine
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1388" title="1388">1388</a> – At the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Buir_Lake" title="Battle of Buir Lake">Battle of Buir Lake</a></b>, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ming_dynasty" title="Ming dynasty">Ming Chinese</a> army led by general <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lan_Yu_(general)" title="Lan Yu (general)">Lan Yu</a> defeated the forces of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uskhal_Khan_T%C3%B6g%C3%BCs_Tem%C3%BCr" title="Uskhal Khan Tögüs Temür">Tögüs Temür</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongols" title="Mongols">Mongol</a> khan of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Yuan" title="Northern Yuan">Northern Yuan</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936" title="1936">1936</a> – In a crime that captivated Japan, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sada_Abe" title="Sada Abe">Sada Abe</a></b> strangled her lover, cut off his genitals, and carried them around with her for several days until her arrest.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952" title="1952">1952</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Indochina_War" title="First Indochina War">First Indochina War</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viet_Minh" title="Viet Minh">Viet Minh</a> forces <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Muong_Khoua" title="Battle of Muong Khoua">overran a French and Laotian garrison at Muong Khoua</a></b>, leaving only four survivors.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965" title="1965">1965</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Cohen" title="Eli Cohen">Eli Cohen</a></b>, a spy who is credited with gathering significant intelligence used by Israel during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-Day_War" title="Six-Day War">Six-Day War</a>, was publicly hanged in Syria.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996" title="1996">1996</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a> won <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1996">the Eurovision song contest</a></b> for the seventh time, the highest number of wins for any country before Sweden tied it in 2023.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Khayyam" title="Omar Khayyam">Omar Khayyam</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1048); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley_Jr." title="Thomas Midgley Jr.">Thomas Midgley Jr.</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1889); <b><span class="nowrap"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_McLeod_Bethune" title="Mary McLeod Bethune">Mary McLeod Bethune</a></span></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1955)</p>
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