This Week in History · 18 May 2026 · 8 min

Lindbergh's Landing, Blue Jeans & Mount St. Helens | May 18–24

This week in history spans the Council of Nicaea, Anne Boleyn's execution, the birth of blue jeans, Lindbergh's Atlantic crossing, the founding of FIFA, Apollo Ten's dress rehearsal, and the eruption of Mount St. Helens. Eight centuries of politics, aviation, disaster, sport, and culture packed into one week.

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Lindbergh's Landing, Blue Jeans & Mount St. Helens | May 18–24

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On May twenty-fifth, nineteen sixty-one, before a joint session of Congress in Washington, D.C., President John F. Kennedy made a declaration that stopped the room cold.

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