What's on History #59

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What Happens on May 18th


1994 : The last Israeli troop withdraws from the Palestinian territories in the Gaza Strip under the Oslo agreement

1980 : Mount St Helens, an active volcano at the Cascade Range in southwest Washington State, erupts violently, killing 57 people and destroying the mountain peak

1973 : Archibald Cox is appointed special prosecutor to investigate the Watergate scandal

1953 : Jacqueline Cochran becomes the first female aviator whose speed exceeds the speed of sound

1933 : Tennessee Valley Authority, a federal institution designed to foster economic development in the Tennessee River valley and certain areas, created by Congress


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