This day in history - May 18

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1652 - The Rhode Island colony outlawed slavery, the first American political entity to do so.

1896 - The U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in Plessy v. Ferguson, legalizing segregation for the next half-century.

1927 - A lunatic who blamed school taxes for his financial problems blew up a school in Bath, Michigan, killing 45 people, including the school board and himself. He had killed his pregnant wife earlier in the day.

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It was the deadliest mass murder in American history until the Oklahoma City bombing.

1933 - Pres. Franklin Roosevelt signed legislation creating the Tennessee Valley Authority.

1969 - Apollo 10 was launched. It was the second manned spacecraft to leave earth orbit.

1980 - Mt. St. Helen's erupted, killing 60 people.

- Jim