1901, 18 May Total eclipse of the sun observed in Mauritius.
1902, 18 May - Boer War: Peace Boer negotiators travel from
Vereeniging to Pretoria to present their proposals for surrender
to British representatives: Lord Milner and Lord Kitchener. They
are still asking for a continued independence of the former
republics. 1903, 18 May The British High Commissioner to South
Africa, Lord Alfred Milner, has proposed that educated and
prosperous non-whites should be allowed to vote in local
elections throughout South Africa (as is the currently the case
in the Cape Colony). 1904, 18 May The infamous Moroccan bandit,
Raizuli, kidnaps an American citizen, Ion H Perdicaris. 1911, 18
May Following a successful coup against his brother Abd al-Aziz
IV, the new Moroccan Sultan Abd al-Hafid requests aid from
France and Spain to put down a revolt. French General Moinier
enters Fez, Morocco, without resistance. 1941, 18 May - World
War II: East Africa The 5th Indian Division, part of General
William Platt's Northern Force, t