On this date in 1959, the Soviet space probe Luna 2 became the first man-made object to reach Earth’s moon as it crashed onto it.

On August 2, 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait after U.S.A.’s Ambassador to Iraq told Saddam Hussein “the Kuwait issue is not associated with America.” »→

On May 18, 1980, Mount Saint Helens volcano, in the state of Washington, exploded and left 57 persons dead or missing.