May 18th Calendar: 45 Years Ago: Mount St. Helens Erupted, the Largest Volcanic Eruption Ever Recorded in the United States
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Saint Eric, King of Sweden, died in 1160. He introduced legislation in his country that favored the Church and improved the lot of women, who had until then been treated as slaves. The Erics are courageous and kind . Their color: red. Their number: 8.
It happened on May 18th1152 Eleanor of Aquitaine married Henry Plantagenet, crowned King of England on December 19, 1154. 1804 Napoleon Bonaparte becomes emperor; he will be crowned on December 2. 1944 Battle of Monte Cassino. 1969 CA Béglais is champion of France . 1984 Inauguration of the Bordeaux Museum of Contemporary Art (CAPC).
2012 Facebook goes public. 2015 The Grand Stade de Bordeaux, later renamed Matmut, is inaugurated . 2018 In the United States of America, in Texas, a shooting at a high school in Santa Fe leaves 10 dead.
Frank Capra, American filmmaker (1897-1991), Charles Trenet, French singer (1913-2001), Bernadette Chirac, French politician (1933), Paul McCartney, British singer (1942), Yannick Noah, former French tennis player and singer (1960), Michaël Llodra, French tennis player (1980).
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