On this day: May 18

National days on this date

• Day of Revival, Unity and Magtymguly's PoetryPublic holiday in Turkmenistan honouring the great poet Magtymguly and national unity.

Births

1. 1929 Halyna Sevruk Ukrainian artist
2. 1936 Oljas Süleimenov Kazakh writer, poet, diplomat
3. 1959 Sergey Lovachov Uzbekistani sprinter
4. 1962 Batyrkhan Shukenov Soviet singer, composer and saxophonist (1962-2015)
5. 1986 Alexey Zhukanenko Russian basketball player (born 1986)
6. 1988 Kamilä Ğafurcanova Russian female fencer
7. 1992 Eltaj Safarli Azerbaijani chess player

Deaths

1. 1980 Semyon Afanasyevich Chuikov Kyrgyz and Sovietz painter (1902-1980)