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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, Matematico e poeta persiano (1048)
Mathew Brady, Fotografo americano (1822)
Oliver Heaviside, Fisico inglese (1850)
Nicholas II , Imperatore di tutte le Russie (1868)
Bertrand Russell, Matematico e filosofo inglese (1872)
Augusto César Sandino, Rivoluzionario nicaraguense (1895)
Frank Capra, Regista americano (1897)
Vincent du Vigneaud, Chimico statunitense, premio Nobel per la Chimica (1901)
Richard Brooks, Regista americano (1912)
Walter Sisulu, Attivista anti-apartheid sud africana (1912)
Charles Trenet, Cantante francese (1913)
Pierre Balmain, Stilista francese (1914)
Massimo Girotti, Attore italiano (1918)
Margot Fonteyn, Ballerina inglese (1919)
Jean Paul II, Papa (1920)
Jacques Santer, Politico di Lussemburgo (1937)
Giovanni Falcone, Giudice italiano (1939)
Diane Duane, Scrittrice americana (1952)
Chow Yun-fat, Attore di Hong Kong (1955)
Yannick Noah, Tennista e cantante francese (1960)
Sandra, Cantante tedesca (1962)
Tina Fey, Attrice e scrittrice americana (1970)
Ricardo Carvalho, Calciatore portoghese (1978)
Mahamadou Diarra, Calciatore del Mali (1981)
Luisana Lopilato, Cantante e attrice argentina (1987)

Pierre Beaumarchais, Orologiaio, scrittore, spia, trafficante di armi e rivoluzionario francese (1799)
Gustav Mahler, Compositore austriaco (1911)
Jill Ireland, Attrice inglese (1990)
Marshall Thompson, Attore americano (1992)
Elisha Cook Jr, Attore americano (1995)
Alexander Godunov, Ballerino russo (1995)
Elizabeth Montgomery, Attrice americana (1995)
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, Fisico francese, Premio Nobel (2007)