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The Challenger does experience O-ring failure and explodes less than two minutes into launch.
As the North Vietnamese arrive in Saigon, refugees flee. Vets arrive home to scorn; finally honor comes via The Wall filled with names of the dead.
Despite his high position, Thomas Cardinal Wolsey falls from Henry VIII's favor when he is unable to convince Pope Clement VII to grant the King a div...
In 1940, France surrenders to Germany and for the next four years Hitler's forcesoccupy two-thirds of France.
Balian surrenders Jerusalem when Saladin offers the citizens safe passage to Christian lands.
Hitler plans to turn Norway into an affiliated nation. By the 9th of June, 1940, Norway falls although resistance continues throughout WWII.
At Iwo Jima, photographer Joe Rosenthal captures the instant the replacement flag goes up while other photos and movies depict the original flag comin...
Wilberforce introduces a bill in Parliament to outlaw and end the slave trade.
Astronauts are ready for Challenger's launch; thousands of school children are watching to see the lift-off of the first teacher in Space, Christa McA...
Joan is found guilty but that is not enough for the English judge; he finds a devious way to make sure her sentence is burning at the stake.
Ignoring safety precautions, the Wright brothers are the first human beings to ever fly a powered plane. It happens on December 17, 1903.
The first flights take place December 17, 1903; by 1908, Wilbur shows their plane in Europe, and by 1909 builds a military flyer.
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