This Day, That Year – May 18

Mount St. Helens erupted in Washington state, causing the largest landslide in history, on this day in 1980.

Did you know that:

• Apollo 10 launched from Kennedy Space Center on this day in 1969 and later transmitted the first colour pictures of the Earth from space
• Tina Fey is an American actress and comedian born on this day in 1970
• The DreamWorks Pictures movie “Shrek” was theatrically released on this day in 2001