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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.

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.

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

Omar Khayyám, Matemático y poeta persa (1048)
Mathew Brady, Fotógrafo americano (1822)
Oliver Heaviside, Físico inglés (1850)
Nicholas II , Emperador de todas las Rusias (1868)
Bertrand Russell, Matemático y filósofo Inglés (1872)
Augusto César Sandino, Revolucionario nicaragüense (1895)
Frank Capra, Director de cine americano (1897)
Vincent du Vigneaud, Químico estadounidense, Premio Nobel (1901)
Richard Brooks, Director de cine americano (1912)
Walter Sisulu, Activista anti-apartheid sudafricano (1912)
Charles Trenet, Cantante francés (1913)
Pierre Balmain, Diseñador de moda francés (1914)
Massimo Girotti, Actor italiano (1918)
Margot Fonteyn, Bailarina inglesa (1919)
Jean Paul II, Papa (1920)
Jacques Santer, Político de Luxemburgo (1937)
Giovanni Falcone, Juez italiano (1939)
Diane Duane, Escritora americana (1952)
Chow Yun-fat, Actor de Hong Kong (1955)
Yannick Noah, Jugador de tenis y cantante francés (1960)
Sandra, Cantante alemana (1962)
Tina Fey, Actriz y escritora americana (1970)
Ricardo Carvalho, Futbolista portugués (1978)
Mahamadou Diarra, Futbolista de Malí (1981)
Luisana Lopilato, Cantante y actriz argentina (1987)

Pierre Beaumarchais, Relojero, escritor, espía, traficante de armas y revolucionario francés (1799)
Gustav Mahler, Compositor austriaco (1911)
Jill Ireland, Actriz inglesa (1990)
Marshall Thompson, Actor americano (1992)
Elisha Cook Jr, Actor americano (1995)
Alexander Godunov, Bailarín ruso (1995)
Elizabeth Montgomery, Actriz americana (1995)
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, Físico francés, Premio Nobel (2007)