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Today is Thursday, January 22, 202

The History of Today

1879 - James Shields began a term as a U.S. Senator from Missouri. He had previously served Illinois and Minnesota. He was the first Senator to serve three states.

1901 - Queen Victoria of England died after reigning for nearly 64 years. Edward VII, her son, succeeded her.

1938 - "Our Town", by Thornton Wilder, was performed publicly for the first time, in Princeton, NJ.

1961 - Wilma Rudolph set a world indoor record in the women’s 60-yard dash. She ran the race in 6.9 seconds.

1970 - The first regularly scheduled commercial flight of the Boeing 747 began in New York City and ended in London about 6 1/2 hours later.

1973 - The U.S. Supreme Court struck down state laws that had been restricting abortions during the first six months of pregnancy. The case was Roe vs. Wade.

1987 - Phil Donahue became the first talk show host to tape a show from inside the Soviet Union. The shows were shown later in the year.

1997 - The U.S. Senate confirmed Madeleine Albright as the first female Secretary of State
 
Jan 23, 1970

US launches second generation weather satellite, ITOS 1.

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Jan 24, 1848
On this day in 1848, James Marshall spotted gold nuggets glistening in a California stream while constructing a sawmill for John Sutter, the Swiss-born founder of what would become the state's capital city. Although the pair initially kept the nuggets a secret, Sutter eventually reported their finding to the government, setting off the California Gold Rush, which enticed hundreds of thousands of settlers west to try their luck.

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migalyto said:
Jan 24, 1848
On this day in 1848, James Marshall spotted gold nuggets glistening in a California stream while constructing a sawmill for John Sutter, the Swiss-born founder of what would become the state's capital city. Although the pair initially kept the nuggets a secret, Sutter eventually reported their finding to the government, setting off the California Gold Rush, which enticed hundreds of thousands of settlers west to try their luck.

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Paint yore wagon an' come along!
 


Today is Wednesday, January 28, 2026

The History of Today

1788 - The first British penal settlement was founded at Botany Bay.

1878 - "The Yale News" was published for the first time. It was the first daily collegiate newspaper in the U.S.

1909 - The United States ended direct control over Cuba.

1927 - Jean Goldkette and his dancing orchestra recorded "I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover."

1935 - Iceland became the first country to introduce legalized abortion.

1956 - Elvis Presley made his first appearance on national television on "The Dorsey Brothers Stage Show" on CBS.

1985 - "We Are The World" was recorded. More than 40 artists were involved. The proceeds went toward worldwide hunger prevention.
 
On January 28, 1986, Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members. The spacecraft disintegrated 46,000 feet above the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 16:39:13 UTC.

The cause was discovered to be O rings that joined the solid propellant sections of the SRBs that shrunk in the cold temperatures on the morning of the launch. The flame front burning on the inside of the propellant found its way through the gap created and burned through the external tank and ignited the hydrogen.

I watched this live before I had to go to work that morning. At launch, I saw that tell-tale puff of smoke that told me it had just blown through that o-ring. I also watched as the flames started burning through and eventually breaching the external tank shell. This was not a good day in any of the ICBM shops that day.
 
RhB Michael said:
I watched this live before I had to go to work that morning. At launch, I saw that tell-tale puff of smoke that told me it had just blown through that o-ring. I also watched as the flames started burning through and eventually breaching the external tank shell. This was not a good day in any of the ICBM shops that day.
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I was a freshman in HS. As we left 6th hr. news was starting to circulate thru the hallways. For all of 7th hr. we all just sat there shocked
watching the coverage on TV.
 
RhB Michael said:
On January 28, 1986, Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members. The spacecraft disintegrated 46,000 feet above the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 16:39:13 UTC.

The cause was discovered to be O rings that joined the solid propellant sections of the SRBs that shrunk in the cold temperatures on the morning of the launch. The flame front burning on the inside of the propellant found its way through the gap created and burned through the external tank and ignited the hydrogen.

I watched this live before I had to go to work that morning. At launch, I saw that tell-tale puff of smoke that told me it had just blown through that o-ring. I also watched as the flames started burning through and eventually breaching the external tank shell. This was not a good day in any of the ICBM shops that day.
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Actually, the hot gases also torched the aft attach structure, resulting in the righthand SRB pivoting so the front end slammed into the LO2 tank. Both LH2 and LO2 flashed to vapor in the reduced atmosphere, followed by the combined gases ignition. It was not a detonation per se, but a low-order flashover. The crew cabin separated from the rest of the orbiter, which it was designed to do, and, sadly, had a recovery system been included, many of the astronauts would have survived. Larry Milloy browbeat Morton-Thiokol's program manager into okaying the launch. (See "Truth, Lies and O-rings") Could have been avoided if he had listened to MacDonald' engineering recommendation, rather than being told to think like a manager! RIP!
 
RhB Michael said:
On January 28, 1986, Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members. The spacecraft disintegrated 46,000 feet above the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 16:39:13 UTC.

The cause was discovered to be O rings that joined the solid propellant sections of the SRBs that shrunk in the cold temperatures on the morning of the launch. The flame front burning on the inside of the propellant found its way through the gap created and burned through the external tank and ignited the hydrogen.

I watched this live before I had to go to work that morning. At launch, I saw that tell-tale puff of smoke that told me it had just blown through that o-ring. I also watched as the flames started burning through and eventually breaching the external tank shell. This was not a good day in any of the ICBM shops that day.
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I was operations manager for the insulated glass division of the window company I worked for. As I walked through my 2-3 times daily tour a piece of glass shattered as it was being placed on the cleaning line. I rush off grabbing the emergency kit and everyone started following emergency procedures. Helping to stem the bleeding the guy literally pulsating blood said what’s that. I said what he said the TV. They had broken in to whatever the Crews had on. Announced the explosion. He was a Space fanatic and was more interested in the announcement than he was of his arm. He sued the company and we lost big time. But that’s how I learned of the explosion.
 
The USCGC Blackthorn WLB-391 was involved in a collision close to the Sunshine Bridge in Tampa Bay, FL. The vessel capsized and sank carrying 23 crewmembers to their graves with her. Fireman William Flores was last seen passing out lifejackets. When the vessel was raised, his belt was found holding the lifejacket door open so the remaining jackets would float free and up to the surface. A Sentinel Class Cutter sister ship to the photo above was named in his honor. Fair Winds and Following Seas.
 
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Actually, the hot gases also torched the aft attach structure, resulting in the righthand SRB pivoting so the front end slammed into the LO2 tank. Both LH2 and LO2 flashed to vapor in the reduced atmosphere, followed by the combined gases ignition. It was not a detonation per se, but a low-order flashover. The crew cabin separated from the rest of the orbiter, which it was designed to do, and, sadly, had a recovery system been included, many of the astronauts would have survived. Larry Milloy browbeat Morton-Thiokol's program manager into okaying the launch. (See "Truth, Lies and O-rings") Could have been avoided if he had listened to MacDonald' engineering recommendation, rather than being told to think like a manager! RIP!
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Just bought the paperback edition from Amazon. Thanks. I don't think a day goes by that I don't remember seeing this happen live.
 


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