On This Date in History

Originally posted by wolfgang59
Whoops
24th Jan 1961 – Goldsboro B-52 crash:

A bomber carrying two H-bombs breaks up in mid-air over North
Carolina. The uranium core of one weapon remains lost.

24 January 1982 - "A draft of Air Force history reported that the U.S. secretly sprayed herbicides on Laos during the Vietnam War." http://www.timelines.ws/days/01_24.HTML

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
On This Date in History: World War II Decade:

"1940s Slang {20 June 2013)

A
Above my pay grade – That's not in my area of expertise so don't ask me
Ace - Top notch expert
Ameche – Make a telephone call
Applesauce – Expletive
Are you rationed? – Are you going steady?
Armored heifer – Canned milk

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Baby - Affection term f ...[text shortened]... Note: Maybe your parents or uncles and aunts are aware of these "1940s Slang" words. Enjoy...

27th Jan 1941
Kiwi and Astronomer Beatrice Tinsley was born.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrice_Tinsley

Actually born in England and buried in US but a NZ citizen.

Originally posted by wolfgang59
27th Jan 1941
Kiwi and Astronomer Beatrice Tinsley was born.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrice_Tinsley

Actually born in England and buried in US but a NZ citizen.

27th January 1999

Well, in words of a single sentence, as if out of the (political) blue, perhaps due to Soeharto's mercurial replacement Habibe (the dethroned dictator's VP) simply wanting to make his mark and maybe with a self-ingratiating eye to the possibility of traipsing around the lecture circuit in pro-East Timorese independence Europe and elsewhere for fees not to be sniffed at after what was only ever going to be one short term in office - the Indonesian government announced that East Timor (a tiny "province" that it had invaded - with US backing - in 1975, where it had then proceeded to slaughter a third of its population (a world record perhaps), including tens of thousands deliberately starved to death - on the pretense that it somehow posed a threat to the world's fifth biggest nation and with no mention of the not inconsiderable reserves of oil it would give the US ally control of) would be permitted to have a referendum to decide whether it could regain its independence, something it had previously enjoyed for .about a year after being abandoned by Portugal in 1974 having been under its colonial boot (and pillaged by its lucrative export concessions that somehow managed to leave the territory dirt poor, just as Indonesia's 24 year rule did) since the C16th, after which it changed its name to Timor Leste, although that did not happen on 27th January.

On January 28, 1986: The Challenger Disaster

"At 11:38 a.m. EST, on January 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and Christa McAuliffe is on her way to becoming the first ordinary U.S. civilian to travel into space. McAuliffe, a 37-year-old high school social studies teacher from New Hampshire, won a competition that earned her a place among the seven-member crew of the Challenger. She underwent months of shuttle training but then, beginning January 23, was forced to wait six long days as the Challenger‘s launch countdown was repeatedly delayed because of weather and technical problems. Finally, on January 28, the shuttle lifted off.

Seventy-three seconds later, hundreds on the ground, including Christa’s family, stared in disbelief as the shuttle broke up in a forking plume of smoke and fire. Millions more watched the wrenching tragedy unfold on live television. There were no survivors.

In 1976, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) unveiled the world’s first reusable manned spacecraft, the Enterprise. Five years later, space flights of the shuttle began when Columbia traveled into space on a 54-hour mission. Launched by two solid-rocket boosters and an external tank, only the aircraft-like shuttle entered into orbit around Earth. When the mission was completed, the shuttle fired engines to reduce speed and, after descending through the atmosphere, landed like a glider. Early shuttles took satellite equipment into space and carried out various scientific experiments." http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
[b]On January 28, 1986: The Challenger Disaster

"At 11:38 a.m. EST, on January 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and Christa McAuliffe is on her way to becoming the first ordinary U.S. civilian to travel into space. McAuliffe, a 37-year-old high school social studies teacher from New Hampshire, won a c ...[text shortened]... pace and carried out various scientific experiments." http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history[/b]

25 YEARS AGO
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Khafji
Get rid of Saddam and all will be cosy!

Originally posted by wolfgang59
25 YEARS AGO
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Khafji
Get rid of Saddam and all will be cosy!

30 January, 13,000 years ago.

A member of the genus Homo, a hominin who has been nicknamed "Flores Man", after disputes within his tribe, moved with his family on foot to the area where the port town of Mau Mere is now located on the island of Flores in Indonesia although the settlement as we now know it was not established by Portugal until for another 12,600 years.

31st Jan 1996
Comet Hyakutake is discovered by Japanese amateur astronomer Yuji Hyakutake.

What are the chances of discovering a comet with the same name as yourself!!
😲

31 January 2005

A UN official said nearly 800,000 people will need food aid in Indonesia's Aceh province in the aftermath of the devastating Dec. 26 (2004) tsunami as the country's death toll from the disaster jumped by 5,000 for the 2nd day in a row. The overall death toll stood between 156,000 and 178,000 across 11 nations, with an estimated 26,500 to 142,000 missing, most of whom are presumed dead. http://www.timelines.ws/

On "February 02, 2016 at 8:32 AM,

MILLTOWN, PA The new Milltown Mel didn't make a great first impression Tuesday morning at the borough's annual Groundhog Day celebration. 'It seems pretty warm for a winter's day, but don't let your thoughts go astray,' said handler Jack Bicsko, as he read Milltown Mel's forecast. 'The sun is up and the shadow I see; six more weeks of winter for you, and back to hibernating for me,' he continued, receiving a loud groan from the crowd." http://www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2016/02/did_milltown_mel_see_his_shadow_on_groundhog_day_2.html

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
[b]On "February 02, 2016 at 8:32 AM,

MILLTOWN, PA The new Milltown Mel didn't make a great first impression Tuesday morning at the borough's annual Groundhog Day celebration. 'It seems pretty warm for a winter's day, but don't let your thoughts go astray,' said handler Jack Bicsko, as he read Milltown Mel's forecast. 'The sun is up and the shadow ...[text shortened]... //www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2016/02/did_milltown_mel_see_his_shadow_on_groundhog_day_2.html[/b]