Es passierte an einem 18 May

1974 : India tests nuclear bomb


On May 18 1974, India successfully detonated its first A nuclear bomb in the Rajasthan desert. This was the first non-permanent member of UN Security Council UN to obtain nuclear weapons.

1980 : Eruption of Mount St. Helens


On the morning of May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted.
First, an earthquake of magnitude 5.0 shook the entire region.
Then a whole section of the volcano collapsed in a massive landslide of rocks and ice, sweeping everything in its path. Immediately afterwards, a huge gas explosion blew everything in the region : 10 million trees lied on the ground.
340 km2 were devastated by the eruption and 57 people lost their lives.

2001 : Shrek released


On May 18 2001, movie studio DreamWorks released the animated film Shrek, which revisited fairy tales in a subversive way and in which the romantic hero was an ogre. The voice of Shrek was played by Mike Myers, Fiona's voice was Cameron Diaz's, Donkey was performed by Eddie Murphy and Lord Farquaad by John Lithgow. The film competed at the Cannes Festival where it did not win any prize but gained high popularity .
The three films of the series were among the biggest box office successes.

Tagesaktualität : 18 May

International Museum Day
May 18 is International Museum Day. The theme for 2011 is Museum and Memory.
How do we preserve the objects, how to share the stories with the public, how do we save and back up the memory of men ...
Battle of Las Piedras Day in Uruguay
May 18 is the Battle of Las Piedras Day in Uruguay, which commemorates the first victory of Uruguayan independence forces against the Spanish on May 18, 1811. Nevertheless, Uruguay did not become independent until 1828, having meanwhile been annexed to Brazil by the Portuguese.

Zitat des Tages : 18 May

Frank Capra, Réalisateur américain
I made mistakes in drama. I thought drama was when actors cried. But drama is when the audience cries.

Geburtstage : 18 May

Omar Khayyám, Persian mathematician and poet (1048)
Mathew Brady, American photographer (1822)
Oliver Heaviside, English physicist (1850)
Nicholas II , Emperor of all the Russias (1868)
Bertrand Russell, English mathematician and philosopher (1872)
Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan revolutionary (1895)
Frank Capra, American director (1897)
Vincent du Vigneaud, American chemist, Nobel Prize (1901)
Richard Brooks, American director (1912)
Walter Sisulu, South African anti-apartheid activist (1912)
Charles Trenet, French singer (1913)
Pierre Balmain, French fashion designer (1914)
Massimo Girotti, Italian actor (1918)
Margot Fonteyn, English dancer (1919)
Jean Paul II, Pope (1920)
Jacques Santer, Luxembourg politician (1937)
Giovanni Falcone, Italian judge (1939)
Diane Duane, American science fiction writer (1952)
Chow Yun-fat, Hong Kong actor (1955)
Yannick Noah, French tennis player and singer (1960)
Sandra, German singer (1962)
Tina Fey, American actress and writer (1970)
Ricardo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer (1978)
Mahamadou Diarra, Malian footballer (1981)
Luisana Lopilato, Argentine actress and singer (1987)

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Pierre Beaumarchais, French watchmaker, writer, spy, arms dealer, and revolutionary (1799)
Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer (1911)
Jill Ireland, English actress (1990)
Marshall Thompson, American actor (1992)
Elisha Cook Jr, American actor (1995)
Alexander Godunov, Russian ballet dancer (1995)
Elizabeth Montgomery, American actress (1995)
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist, Nobel Laureate (2007)

Tipp des Tages : 18 May

Send messages of comfort to our soldiers


A soldier far from home and who is in a difficult area, may feel depressed and simple messages from his family or friends can give him the necessary confort to keep him him motivated.
Under conditions of constant stress in which he lives, he may feel isolated from the world where he comes from and think that civilians do not realize what he has sacrificed.
When we send a message, we may remind him that we know the sacrifice he made​​, that we are proud of him and that we thank him as a citizen for what he does.
We may also remind him of the reasons of the conflict in the middle of which he is and why we think it is important for him to be there.
Send quotes from famous soldiers that our soldiers will be able to feel close to will link him to a long military history and cheer him up.
Admiral Chester Nimitz said of his men: Uncommon valor was a common virtue.
General Robert E. Lee: it is well that war is so terrible, else we should grow too fond of it.
Calvin Coolidge: The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
Finally, we can tell him all the small events of our civilian lives trying to make them funny and to avoid discussing worries.

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