Today is Friday, May 18th, the 138th day of 2001. There are 227 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 18th, 1951, the United Nations moved out of its temporary headquarters in Lake Success, New York, for its permanent home in Manhattan. On this date: In 1642, the Canadian city of Montreal was founded. In 1804, the French Senate proclaimed Napoleon Bonaparte emperor. In 1896, the Supreme Court endorsed "separate but equal" racial segregation with its "Plessy versus Ferguson" decision, a ruling that was overturned 58 years later. In 1897, a public reading of Bram Stoker's new novel, "Dracula, or, The Un-dead," was staged in London. In 1911, composer Gustav Mahler died in Vienna, Austria. In 1926, evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson vanished while visiting a beach in Venice, California; she reappeared a month later, claiming to have been kidnapped. In 1933, the Tennessee Valley Authority was created. In 1953, Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to break the sound barrier as she piloted a North American F-86 Canadair over Rogers Dry Lake, California. In 1969, astronauts Eugene A. Cernan, Thomas P. Stafford and John W. Young blasted off for the moon aboard "Apollo Ten." In 1980, the Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington state exploded, leaving 57 people dead or missing. Ten years ago: Helen Sharman became the first Briton to rocket into space as she flew aboard a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft with two cosmonauts on an eight-day mission. "Hansel" won the 116th running of the Preakness Stakes. Five years ago: President Clinton, seeking to deflect Republican criticism that he was weak on welfare reform, endorsed Wisconsin's welfare-to-work plan in his Saturday radio address. "Louis Quatorze" won the Preakness. One year ago: Sante Kimes and Kenneth Kimes, mother-and-son grifters, were convicted in New York of murdering Irene Silverman in a plot to steal her elegant townhouse mansion. (The body of the 82-year-old millionaire widow has never been found.) Today's Birthdays: Pope John Paul the Second is 81. Actor Bill Macy is 79. Sportscaster Jack Whitaker is 77. Actor Pernell Roberts is 71. Actor Robert Morse is 70. Actor and television executive Dwayne Hickman is 67. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Brooks Robinson is 64. Bluegrass singer-musician Rodney Dillard (The Dillards) is 59. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Reggie Jackson is 55. Country singer Joe Bonsall (The Oak Ridge Boys) is 53. Actress Candice Azzara is 52. Rock musician Rick Wakeman (Yes) is 52. Actor James Stephens is 50. Country singer George Strait is 49. Rhythm-and-blues singer Butch Tavares (Tavares) is 48. Rock singer-musician Page Hamilton (Helmet) is 41. Singer-actress Martika is 32. Rapper Special Ed is 27. Rhythm-and-blues singer Darryl Allen (Mista) is 21. Actor Spencer Breslin is nine. "Don't hurry, don't worry. You're only here for a short visit. So be sure to stop and smell the flowers." -- Walter C. Hagen, American golfer (1892-1969). (Copyright 2001 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)