This Day In History

May 18th

1798  The first Secretary of the Navy, Benjamin Stoddert appointed.
1860  Abraham Lincoln of Springfield, Illinoise nominated for US President by the Republican Party1910  American Writer Mark Twain dies.
1914  The Mariner was the first steamboat with cargo to pass through the Panama Canal.
1927  The Bath, Michigan School Disaster. Andrew Kehoe took revenge against the community for taxes imposed on his farm to pay for a new school by setting off a bomb that killed 43 people, including 39 children. Afterward, he also killed his wife and drove his truck, loaded with dynamite and nails, back to the school where he set it off, killing himself and the school superintendent.
1980  Mt. St. Helens in Washington State erupted after being dormant for 123 years, killing 65 people and destroying 160,000 acres of forest.

1910  Halley's Comet seen.
1953  Jacqueline Cochran was the first woman to fly faster than the speed of sound in a F-86 Sabrejet in California at an average speed of 653 mph.

1897  Director Frank Capra
1912  Perry (Pierino) Como
1920  Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla), 264th pope of the Roman Catholic Church and the first Polish pope
1946  Yankees Baseball Great Reggie Jackson

Top of the Chart Hits Courtesy of...

1957

• All Shook Up - Elvis Presley

• Little Darlin' - The Diamonds

• School Day - Chuck Berry

• Gone - Ferlin Husky

1965

• Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter - Herman's Hermits

• Count Me In - Gary Lewis and The Playboys

• Help Me, Rhonda - The Beach Boys

• Crying in the Chapel - Elvis Presley

1973

• Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree - Tony Orlando & Dawn

• The Cisco Kid - War

• Daniel - Elton John

• Come Live with Me - Roy Clark

1974

• The Streak - Ray Stevens

• Waterloo - Abba

• The Loco-Motion - Grand Funk

• Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks

• Sugar Baby Love - The Rubettes

1981

• Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes

• Just the Two of Us - Grover Washington Jr./Bill Withers

• Angel of the Morning - Juice Newton

• I Loved 'Em Every One - T.G. Sheppard

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