Today in history: May 18

1861: USS Monticello exchanges fire with Confederate batteries at Sewall's Point, Virginia, in an engagement that ends inconclusively. Want to learn more about the Civil War? Head over to HistoryNet.com for more.

Also today in history, in the U.S. and elsewhere:

1291: The Crusader stronghold of Acre falls to Mamluk forces under Sultan al-Ashraf Khalil.

1652: Rhode Island becomes the first British colony in the New World to declare slavery illegal.

1804: Napoléon Bonaparte is confirmed as emperor by the French Senate. Formal ceremony to follow… Want to know about Napoléon Bonaparte's accomplishments and failures? Visit HistoryNet.com.

1897: A Romanian national hero is given a weird fictionalized requiem as Irish author Bram Stoker's novel is published in London by Archibald Constable and Company. 

1948: Troops of the Arab League capture the fort on Mount Scopus from the Israelis. 

In Other News

Tun Tavern, traditional birthplace of Marine Corps, set to get rebuilt

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More food options, better access coming for commissary customers

The commissary director aims to bring more customers in to take advantage of commissary savings.

Stretch your grocery dollars at May commissary sidewalk sales

Fight inflation. Find out when your commissary store will hold its sidewalk sale in May.

FY25 defense budget work to ramp up after security supplemental finish

Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of April 30, 2024.

Ike aircraft carrier leaves Middle East, enters the Mediterranean Sea

The aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower has been operating in the Middle Eastern waters of U.S. Central Command since November.

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