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On This Day in History for May 18, 2022

This is the 138th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 227 days remaining in 2022.

It was on this date in 1499, that Alonso de Ojeda set sail from Cádiz on his voyage to what is now Venezuela

It was also this date in 1953 that Jackie Cochran became the first woman to break the sound barrier

Apollo program: Apollo 10 was launched on this date in 1969

On May 18, 1974, Under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonated its first nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so

Also on May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted in Washington, United States, killing 57 people and causing $3 billion in damage

17 years ago today, A second photo from the Hubble Space Telescope confirmed that Pluto has two additional moons, Nix and Hydra

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

Persian mathematician, astronomer, and poet, Omar Khayyám, born on this date in 1048.

Born May 18, 1711, Ragusan physicist, astronomer, and mathematician Roger Joseph Boscovich.

English engineer, mathematician, and physicist, Oliver Heaviside, born on this date in 1850.

Thomas Midgley, Jr., American chemist and engineer was born on that same date in 1889.

American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Vincent du Vigneaud, born on this date in 1901.

Born May 18, 1912, American singer and television host Perry Como.

Don Martin, American cartoonist was born on that same date in 1931.

Also born on that same date in 1941,  Scottish astronomer, physicist, and academic, Malcolm Longair.

Also turning 52 today is American actress, producer, and screenwriter Tina Fey.

Also born on that same date in 1979,  Swedish video game designer, co-designed Minecraft, Jens Bergensten.

Listener Birthdays

May

22 – Tim Elliott

23 – Kris Ziel Host and producer of The AVScast and 24 Under Review

26 – Eli Yukelzon

27 – Tonya from Dancing With Elephants

28 – Chris Martens, Host of The Jesus Geeks, Z Net Central, and Producer of On The Edge Of Darkness

30 – Petri Lopia

31 – Troy Dunlavy

June

1 – Selganor

2 – Anthony Gartner (Enigmavb)

4 – Leo Schrauwen – history and pictures from Ekeren (Antwerp, Belgium) in Dutch

4 – Tara Parkman (daughter of Richard Parkman)

6 – Adam Larson (UncleAdam)

6 – Grandma Grace (1921)

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for May 18, 2022

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