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May 18: On This Day in History

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May 18, 2020

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1291  After 100 years of Crusader control, Acre is the last Crusader stronghold reconquered and destroyed by the Mamluks under Sultan al-Ashraf Khalil

1804  Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed Emperor of France by the French Senate

1896  Khodynka Tragedy: A mass panic on Khodynka Field, Moscow, during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II, results in the deaths of 1,389 people

1974  India becomes the sixth nation to explode an atomic bomb

2009  Sri Lankan Civil War: The LTTE are defeated by the Sri Lankan government, ending almost 26 years of fighting between the two sides.

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