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Lindbergh's Landing, Blue Jeans & Mount St. Helens | May 18–24
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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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On May twentieth, three hundred twenty-five, in the city of Nicaea in what is now modern Turkey, the first ecumenical council of the Christian Church formally opened its doors. Summoned by Emperor Constantine, hundreds of bishops gathered from across the Roman world to settle pressing theological disputes.
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