Who has the record for the longest filibuster, 24 hours and 18 minutes in 1957?
a. wayne morse
b. robert byrd
c. strom thurmond
d. huey long

mount st. helens in washington erupts, causing a massive avalanche and killing 57 people on this day in 1980. ash from the volcanic eruption fell as far away as minnesota. seismic activity at mount st. helens, which is 96 miles south of seattle, began on march 16.