Template:Selected anniversaries/May 18
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1048: Polymath, scholar, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and poet Omar Khayyám born.
1822: Photographer and journalist Mathew Brady born. He will be one of the first American photographers, best known for his scenes of the Civil War.
1872: Philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic and political activist Bertrand Russell born.