Daily Almanac: May 18, 2023

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 6:28 a.m.
SET: 9:00 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

HIGH: 76 °F
LOW: 44 °F

Today is…:

• Ascension
• Global Accessibility Awareness Day
• I Love Reese’s Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1980 Mount St. Helens erupts. The eruption killed 57 people. A large part of the previously cone-shaped volcano was replaced by a massive crater; its summit is now some 1300 feet (400 meters) lower than before the eruption.
• 1927 45 people die in the United States’ worst school massacre. In the Bath school disaster, a disgruntled school board member set off several bombs at the Bath Consolidated School and other locations in Michigan.
• 1804 Napoleon Bonaparte is appointed Emperor of the French. Even today, the French leader, a native of Corsica, is widely known for his successful military campaigns – and his final defeat at the Battle of Waterloo.

Births On This Day:

• 1912 Perry Como
American singer, actor

• 1920 Pope John Paul II

Deaths On This Day:

• 1799 Pierre Beaumarchais

French playwright
• 2004 Elvin Jones

American drummer