ON 18 MAY IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on May 18, 2019
1916: In Vietnam, Khai Dinh is the 12th emperor of the Nguyen dynasty, up to his death on November 6, 1925
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khai_Dinh
1918: Opening of the Voksraad (People’s Council in Batavia (Dutch East Indies)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volksraad_(Dutch_East_Indies)
1955: A security treaty is signed between Cambodia and the USA
1955: End of Operation Passage to Freedom, the evacuation of 310,000 Vietnamese civilians, soldiers and non-Vietnamese members of the French Army from communist North Vietnam to South Vietnam following the end of the First Indochina War
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Passage_to_Freedom
http://www.ussskagit.org/optf.html
1967: In Vietnam, the US troops cross the demilitarized zone
2007: Death of Yoyoy Villame, Filipino novelty singer and movie actor, born on 18 November 1932
http://www.pep.ph/news/13289/yoyoy-villame-succumbs-to-heart-attack