The public housing project Vanport was destroyed at 4:05 P.M. on Sunday
May 30,1948, when a 200-foot section of a dike holding back the Columbia
River collapsed during a flood, killing 15 people. Today West Delta Park,
the Portland International Raceway, Heron Lakes Golf Course and a light
rail station occupy the site. The station has artwork commemorating the
flood.
Video taken by the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office
Single sleeve for the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young “Ohio”
"Ohio" is a protest song written and composed by Neil Young in
reaction to the Kent State shootings of May 4, 1970 after having
seen photos of the incident in Life Magazine. It was recorded at
Record Plant Studio 3 in Hollywood. The song peaked at #14 on
the Billboard Hot 100.
Neil Young
Crosby, Stills, and Nash in 2007
Harry Randall Truman (October 30, 1896 – (presumably) May 18, 1980)
Harry was the owner of the Mount St. Helens Lodge at Spirit Lake north of Mount St. Helens in Washington and on Sunday, May18, 1980, at the age
of 83, that’s where he died when the mountain erupted.
May 7, 1937
The Hindenburg at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station, New Jersey in 1936, a
year prior to the crash
Radio announcer Herbert Morrison‘s recorded eyewitness report
from the landing field,which was broadcast the next day. Of the 97
people on board (36 passengers, 61 crew), there were 36 total
fatalities, including one death among the ground crew.
Herbert Morrison
