Sunday, May 18

Today is Sunday, May 18, the 139th day of 2008. There are 227 days left in the year.

Highlights in history on this date:

1781 - Peruvian revolutionary Tupac Amaru II is forced to witness the execution of his family by the Spanish in the main plaza in Cuzco and is then tortured and beheaded.

1804 - Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed emperor of France.

1830 - Edwin Budding of England signs an agreement for the manufacture of his invention, the lawn mower.

1860 - Abraham Lincoln nominated for U.S. president.

1896 - The U.S. Supreme Court endorses the concept of "separate but equal" racial segregation with its …