May 18

Events

• 1920 - the first Armenian issue of the "Communist" daily published
• 1992 - Artsakh’s armed forces retakes Lachin and reestablishes a land link with the motherland

Births

• 1843 - Nerses V (Ashtaraketsi), Catholicos (d.1857)
• 1897 - Goorgen Janibekyan, actor (d.1978)

Deaths

• 1981 - William Saroyan, Armenian-American author (b. 1908)