Today in History: May 18, Mount St. Helens erupts

Currently is Sunday May the th day of There are days left in the year Nowadays in history On May the Mount St Helens volcano in Washington state erupted leaving an estimated people dead or missing Also on this date In the Siege of Vicksburg began during the Civil War ending July with a Union achievement Related Articles Nowadays in History May Supreme Court strikes down school segregation Currently in History May China s Cultural Revolution begins In contemporary times in History May police kill two students during Jackson State protests Rockies strike out times in - loss to Rangers slide to - In contemporary times in History May Jamestown becomes North America s first English settlement In the U S Supreme Court in Plessy v Ferguson endorsed separate but equal racial segregation The decision was reversed years later by Brown v Board of Development of Topeka In in America s deadliest school attack part of a schoolhouse in Bath Township Michigan was blown up with explosives planted by local farmer Andrew Kehoe who then set off a bomb in his truck the attacks killed children and six adults including Kehoe who d earlier killed his wife Officials stated Kehoe who suffered financial difficulties was seeking revenge for losing a township clerk voting process In President Franklin D Roosevelt signed a measure creating the Tennessee Valley Authority the largest society utility in America In Harvard law professor Archibald Cox was appointed Watergate special prosecutor by U S Attorney General Elliot Richardson In the New York Native a gay newspaper carried a story concerning rumors of an exotic new syndrome among LGBTQ people it was the first published description about what came to be known as AIDS In the U S executive filed an antitrust occurrence against Microsoft saying the powerful program company had a choke hold on competitors that was denying consumers vital choices about how they bought and used computers The Justice Department and Microsoft reached a settlement in In a -year-old armed with a shotgun and a pistol opened fire at a Houston-area high school killing eight students and two teachers In the modern day s Birthdays Baseball Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson is Musician Rick Wakeman Yes is Musician-composer Mark Mothersbaugh Devo is Country musician George Strait is Actor Chow Yun-Fat is Hockey Hall of Famer Jari Kurri is Tennis Hall of Famer Yannick Noah is Comedian-writer Tina Fey is Rock singer Jack Johnson is Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter is