Mount St. Helens in Washington state erupts after ling dormant for 123 years, leaving 57 people dead or missing.
1917: Congress passes the Selective Service Act, requiring the registration of all U .S. males and authorizing conscription.
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS; WORLD ALMANAC
WEEKLY CALENDAR OF UPCOMING NATIONAL EVENTS
Tuesday
Primaries in Kentucky and Oregon.
Wednesday
Washington – Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the price of oil. Witnesses include oil company chief executives.
Saturday
Homewood – Grand reopening of the refurbished Tahoe Maritime Museum.
U-T QUOTE OF THE DAY
PASSAGES, G1: “They have to say yes to elders, husband, religious leaders. Here, they are learning that, sometimes, they have to say no.”
– Dilkhwaz Ahmed, director of License to Freedom, a program to help refugee and immigrant survivors of family violence.
