Atlantic Ave Magazine May 2022

May 18, 1980
An earthquake struck below the north face of Mount St. Helens,
triggering the largest landslide in history which caused a cataclysmic
eruption of Mount St. Helens. The volcano in southwestern
Washington State spewed steam and ash over 11 miles into the sky.
This was the first major eruption since 1857.
May 20, 1927
- Charles Lindbergh, a 25-yearold
aviator, took off at 7:52
a.m. from Roosevelt Field,
Long Island, in the Spirit
of St. Louis, attempting to
win a competition with a
$25,000 payout for the first
solo nonstop flight between
New York City and Paris.
Thirty-three hours later, after
a 3,600-mile journey, he landed
at Le Bourget, Paris, earning the
nickname “Lucky Lindy” and becoming
an instant worldwide hero.
May 20, 1932
Amelia Earhart became the first
woman to fly solo across the
Atlantic. She departed Newfoundland,
Canada, at 7
p.m. and landed in Northern
Ireland, near Derry,
completing a 2,026-
mile flight in about 13
hours. It was five years
to the day after Lindbergh’s
flight. Five years
later, along with her navigator
Fred Noonan, she
disappeared while trying
to fly her twin-engine plane
around the equator.
May 21, 1881
The American Red Cross was founded by Clara Barton. The organization
is dedicated to serving people in need. They are tasked
by the federal government with providing services to members of
the American armed forces and their families as well as providing
disaster relief in the United States and around the world.
May 22, 1972
President Richard Nixon became the first American president
to visit Moscow. Four days later, Nixon and Soviet
Russia’s leader Leonid Brezhnev signed a pact pledging
to freeze nuclear arsenals at current levels.
May 24, 1844
Telegraph inventor Samuel Morse sent the first official
telegraph message from the Capitol Building in
Washington D.C. to Baltimore, it read “What hath God
wrought?” Taken from the Bible, Numbers 23:23, and
recorded on a paper tape.
May 26, 1940
The Dunkirk evacuation (Operation Dynamo) began to save
the British Expeditionary Force trapped by advancing German
armies on the northern coast of France. Nearly 700 boats and vessels
of all shapes and sizes ferried 200,000 British and 140,000
French and Belgian soldiers across the English Channel by June 4th.
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May 27, 1937
In San Francisco 200,000 people celebrated the grand opening of
the Golden Gate Bridge by strolling across it.
May 30, 1783
The Pennsylvania Evening Post became the first daily newspaper
published in America.
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