05-18-2005, 04:44 AM
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May 18th
1765 ~ Fire destroyed a large part of Montreal, Quebec.
1783 ~ First United Empire Loyalists reach New Brunswick, Canada after leaving the U.S.
1850 ~ Birthday of Oliver Heaviside, Physicist.
1910 ~ The Earth passed through the tail of Halley’s Comet.
1911 ~ Death of Gustav Mahler, Austrian Composer.
1919 ~ Birthday of Dame Margot Fonteyn, Ballet dancer.
1937 ~ Birthday of Brooks Robinson, Baseball Hall of Famer.
1974 ~ Under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonated its first nuclear weapon, becoming the sixth nuclear nation.
1975 ~ Death of Leroy Anderson, American Composer.
1980 ~ Mount St. Helens erupted in Washington state, killing 57 people and causing $3 billion in damage.
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