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I've never forgotten this date.
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Posted by complainant
on May 18, 2022, 13:28:32, in reply to "
Mt. saint Helens go boom*
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First of all, I remember being surprised that it killed Harry Truman. And then it became a Trivial Pursuit question.
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Without cheating, what major USA event happened 42 years ago today?
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RSMBob
May 18, 2022, 12:20:45
In the non USA division Ian Curtis of Joy Division committed suicide*
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bulldogmba
May 18, 2022, 23:05:45
I keep meaning to watch Control and 24 Hour Party People*
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Sounder
May 19, 2022, 12:59:47
Joy Division rabbit hole: 2 studio albums yielded 9 compilation albums*
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timmer
May 19, 2022, 7:50:57
A few years ago, I saw Peter Hook perform both Ceremony albums in their entirety
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Sounder
May 19, 2022, 12:59:29
We moved into the house our parents built and lived in for 40 years. DUH!
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LeatherneckIllini
May 18, 2022, 15:22:19
I knew because of this:
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longsnapper
May 18, 2022, 14:26:43
outstanding*
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EffinIllini
May 19, 2022, 13:37:00
Is that the guy you always make fun of for making everything about him?*
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Sounder
May 19, 2022, 13:00:41
good heavens, he even cited the number dead/missing*
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bbonb
May 19, 2022, 7:26:02
This effing guy*
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Jackie
May 19, 2022, 5:45:40
DOB, my old sports editor*
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reggiedunlop
May 18, 2022, 15:24:49
You wrote for a paper?
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CubsWonWorldSeries
May 19, 2022, 6:47:45
^^^I don't feel like this is getting the attention that it deserves... no, that it demands*
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longsnapper
May 18, 2022, 15:03:52
Concur.*
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complainant
May 18, 2022, 19:12:01
Mt. Saint Helens is the correct answer...props to those who knew*
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RSMBob
May 18, 2022, 14:25:14
I feel for the people negativity affected by the event
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bbonb
May 18, 2022, 14:21:29
Reagan was shot*
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TarheelIllini
May 18, 2022, 13:37:43
He wasn’t even President at that point*
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QcIlliniFan
May 19, 2022, 12:58:07
And Al Haig was in charge!
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ATL
May 18, 2022, 13:50:08
My guess as well*
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CubsWonWorldSeries
May 18, 2022, 13:43:33
And wrong. Was 3/30/81*
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CubsWonWorldSeries
May 18, 2022, 13:44:10
I was in DC that day.
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complainant
May 18, 2022, 13:55:09
Hero McCarthy*
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Chilango
May 18, 2022, 13:41:33
Mt St Helen's blew her top and I was here for it....................
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MtHoodIllini
May 18, 2022, 13:34:25
there was a boy in my class who’s brother was actually hiking there
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TarheelIllini
May 19, 2022, 7:39:53
Happy Anniversary!*
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Tortillini
May 18, 2022, 15:10:30
Thanks Tort! Retirement has been pretty sweet so far. Well except for the ####ing Covid part*
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MtHoodIllini
May 18, 2022, 19:01:30
Weirdly, no mention of it in the Seattle Times today*
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Sounder
May 18, 2022, 14:01:08
Congrats on staying retired for 4 years. Hopefully a few decades more!*
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CubsWonWorldSeries
May 18, 2022, 13:49:33
Thanks!*
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MtHoodIllini
May 18, 2022, 13:50:27
I've heard people here say it's underwhelming, but the drive to through the NVM up to the final
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ATL
May 18, 2022, 13:43:16
Spirit Lake on St Helen's was one of the most beautiful spots you could imagine before the eruption*
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MtHoodIllini
May 18, 2022, 13:57:15
There was an old man who refused to heed the evacuation warnings who lived in a cabin on spirit lake
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ATL
May 19, 2022, 5:59:21
From below...........Harry Truman..........
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MtHoodIllini
May 19, 2022, 16:25:05
Who in their right mind would call it underwhelming?*
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Stu
May 18, 2022, 13:44:54
Have you met the people on here? What does ranger say?
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ATL
May 18, 2022, 13:46:41
I have never met anyone here
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Stu
May 18, 2022, 13:49:17
How many air filters did your car go through?*
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Stu
May 18, 2022, 13:36:11
One......I was pretty lucky. The prevailing winds during the first eruption were from the west .....
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MtHoodIllini
May 18, 2022, 13:50:04
I remember watching the clouds of ash go over CU a few days later
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Stu
May 18, 2022, 13:53:38
It is amazing how far the ash traveled. It circumnavigated the planet I believe*
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MtHoodIllini
May 18, 2022, 13:58:45
miracle on ice*
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ECEIllinois
May 18, 2022, 13:31:54
was it biclops?
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theBard
May 18, 2022, 13:30:46
I was born?*
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Cunativeson
May 18, 2022, 13:25:00
I graduated uiuc*
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Stu
May 18, 2022, 13:24:26
Sir Paul and Linda were on SNL
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timmer
May 18, 2022, 12:23:13
How the hell has that guy been a knight for 42 years and nobody has been able to chop his arms off?*
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doubledown
May 18, 2022, 12:28:40
MSH*
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ATL
May 18, 2022, 12:23:09
It's M*A*S*H and it was still going strong*
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RSMBob
May 18, 2022, 12:27:21
Something happened at Masirah airport in Oman*
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timmer
May 18, 2022, 12:25:06
Mt. saint Helens go boom*
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IlliniRunner
May 18, 2022, 12:23:07
My grandfather spent some time in the CCC in Oregon.
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KingTalkyTiki
May 18, 2022, 13:34:58
I've never forgotten this date.
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complainant
May 18, 2022, 13:28:32
Ol' Harry refused to leave the Spirit Lake Lodge and went down with the ship*
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MtHoodIllini
May 18, 2022, 14:00:46
9/11? *
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doubledown
May 18, 2022, 12:22:39
Argo #### yourself?*
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KCWildcat
May 18, 2022, 12:21:38
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