历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-05-18
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May 18th,1980"It’s erupting like it never has before, I am sure. Cause from where I’m standing1, I can’t see the top of the mountain, but I see the whole eruption2 coming from it, it’s big."In Washington state, Mount St. Helens explodes, blasting away the top 1300 feet from its volcanic3 peak. The eruption leaves 57 people dead or missing, flattening4 forests and spewing volcanic ash for hundreds of miles.
1896The US
Supreme5 Court
endorses6 what it calls "separate but equal" racial
segregation7 with that decision in "Plessy
versus8 Ferguson". That ruling
remains9 aloft the land until the court overturns it nearly 60 years later in Brown versus Board Education of Topeka.
1920"May Christ give you his bless and his peace. "Pope John Paul II, the first non-Italian pontiff in more than 450 years, is born Karol Wojty?a, in Wadowice, Poland.
1897Movie director Frank Capra, whose films include "It’s a wonderful life" and "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" is born near Palermo, Italy.
And 2003In New York, "Les Miserables", Broadway’s third longest running show, closes after more than 16 years and 6680 performances.
Today in History, May 18th, Camille Bohannon, the Associated Press.
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