I've never forgotten this date. Archived Message Posted by complainant on May 18, 2022, 13:28:32, in reply to "Mt. saint Helens go boom*" First of all, I remember being surprised that it killed Harry Truman. And then it became a Trivial Pursuit question. Message Thread: | This response ↓ Without cheating, what major USA event happened 42 years ago today? - RSMBob May 18, 2022, 12:20:45 In the non USA division Ian Curtis of Joy Division committed suicide* - bulldogmba May 18, 2022, 23:05:45 I keep meaning to watch Control and 24 Hour Party People* - Sounder May 19, 2022, 12:59:47 Joy Division rabbit hole: 2 studio albums yielded 9 compilation albums* - timmer May 19, 2022, 7:50:57 A few years ago, I saw Peter Hook perform both Ceremony albums in their entirety - Sounder May 19, 2022, 12:59:29 We moved into the house our parents built and lived in for 40 years. DUH! - LeatherneckIllini May 18, 2022, 15:22:19 I knew because of this: - longsnapper May 18, 2022, 14:26:43 outstanding* - EffinIllini May 19, 2022, 13:37:00 Is that the guy you always make fun of for making everything about him?* - Sounder May 19, 2022, 13:00:41 good heavens, he even cited the number dead/missing* - bbonb May 19, 2022, 7:26:02 This effing guy* - Jackie May 19, 2022, 5:45:40 DOB, my old sports editor* - reggiedunlop May 18, 2022, 15:24:49 You wrote for a paper? - CubsWonWorldSeries May 19, 2022, 6:47:45 ^^^I don't feel like this is getting the attention that it deserves... no, that it demands* - longsnapper May 18, 2022, 15:03:52 Concur.* - complainant May 18, 2022, 19:12:01 Mt. Saint Helens is the correct answer...props to those who knew* - RSMBob May 18, 2022, 14:25:14 I feel for the people negativity affected by the event - bbonb May 18, 2022, 14:21:29 Reagan was shot* - TarheelIllini May 18, 2022, 13:37:43 He wasn’t even President at that point* - QcIlliniFan May 19, 2022, 12:58:07 And Al Haig was in charge! - ATL May 18, 2022, 13:50:08 My guess as well* - CubsWonWorldSeries May 18, 2022, 13:43:33 And wrong. Was 3/30/81* - CubsWonWorldSeries May 18, 2022, 13:44:10 I was in DC that day. - complainant May 18, 2022, 13:55:09 Hero McCarthy* - Chilango May 18, 2022, 13:41:33 Mt St Helen's blew her top and I was here for it.................... - MtHoodIllini May 18, 2022, 13:34:25 there was a boy in my class who’s brother was actually hiking there - TarheelIllini May 19, 2022, 7:39:53 Happy Anniversary!* - Tortillini May 18, 2022, 15:10:30 Thanks Tort! Retirement has been pretty sweet so far. Well except for the ####ing Covid part* - MtHoodIllini May 18, 2022, 19:01:30 Weirdly, no mention of it in the Seattle Times today* - Sounder May 18, 2022, 14:01:08 Congrats on staying retired for 4 years. Hopefully a few decades more!* - CubsWonWorldSeries May 18, 2022, 13:49:33 Thanks!* - 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 - 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* - 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 - ATL May 19, 2022, 5:59:21 From below...........Harry Truman.......... - MtHoodIllini May 19, 2022, 16:25:05 Who in their right mind would call it underwhelming?* - Stu May 18, 2022, 13:44:54 Have you met the people on here? What does ranger say? - ATL May 18, 2022, 13:46:41 I have never met anyone here - Stu May 18, 2022, 13:49:17 How many air filters did your car go through?* - Stu May 18, 2022, 13:36:11 One......I was pretty lucky. The prevailing winds during the first eruption were from the west ..... - MtHoodIllini May 18, 2022, 13:50:04 I remember watching the clouds of ash go over CU a few days later - Stu May 18, 2022, 13:53:38 It is amazing how far the ash traveled. It circumnavigated the planet I believe* - MtHoodIllini May 18, 2022, 13:58:45 miracle on ice* - ECEIllinois May 18, 2022, 13:31:54 was it biclops? - theBard May 18, 2022, 13:30:46 I was born?* - Cunativeson May 18, 2022, 13:25:00 I graduated uiuc* - Stu May 18, 2022, 13:24:26 Sir Paul and Linda were on SNL - 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?* - doubledown May 18, 2022, 12:28:40 MSH* - ATL May 18, 2022, 12:23:09 It's M*A*S*H and it was still going strong* - RSMBob May 18, 2022, 12:27:21 Something happened at Masirah airport in Oman* - timmer May 18, 2022, 12:25:06 Mt. saint Helens go boom* - IlliniRunner May 18, 2022, 12:23:07 My grandfather spent some time in the CCC in Oregon. - KingTalkyTiki May 18, 2022, 13:34:58 I've never forgotten this date. - complainant May 18, 2022, 13:28:32 Ol' Harry refused to leave the Spirit Lake Lodge and went down with the ship* - MtHoodIllini May 18, 2022, 14:00:46 9/11? * - doubledown May 18, 2022, 12:22:39 Argo #### yourself?* - KCWildcat May 18, 2022, 12:21:38   Searching