Daily Calendar for Saturday, May 18, 2013

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Elizabeth Montgomery (American actress ) – 1995
Elvin Ray Jones (renowned jazz drummer and member of John Coltrane’s quartet who also played alongside Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, and Miles Davis) – 2004
Wayne Allwine (voice of Mickey Mouse for over 30 years) – 2009

Montreal, Quebec, founded – 1642
Masses feared the end of the world during passage of Halley’s Comet – 1910
U.S. Selective Draft Act passed – 1917
Tennessee Valley Authority created – 1933
TWA was first airline to fly the Douglas DC-2 aircraft – 1934
Aviator Jackie Cochran became the first woman to exceed Mach 1 – 1953
Apollo 10 spacecraft launched from Cape Kennedy – 1969
India became world’s sixth nuclear power – 1974
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake causes the cataclysmic eruption of Mount St. Helens, killing 57 people. – 1980
Several months of volcanic action culminated in a major eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington. – 1980
Law passed to remove Confederate flag from South Carolina statehouse – 2000
Randy Johnson made history by becoming the oldest major league player (at age 40) to throw a perfect game. Cy Young was previously the oldest to pitch perfection at 37 – 2004