‘Got a fire in the cockpit!’: The Apollo 1 tragedy that killed three astronauts
Updated Jan 27, 2021;
Posted Jan 27, 2021
Astronauts for the first Apollo Mission (L-R) Virgil I. Grissom, Edward H. White and Roger B. Chaffee. The men died in a fire in the command module during a rehearsal on Jan. 27, 1967. (NASA.gov)
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Three astronauts were sealed inside a spacecraft preparing for a simulated liftoff to practice what would happen for real less than a month later.
But Air Force Col. Virgil I. Grissom, Air Force Col. Edward White II and Navy Lt. Cmdr. Roger B. Chaffee never got that chance.
MLK Day 2021: Martin Luther King inspirational quotes, vintage photos
Updated Jan 18, 2021;
Americans are honoring the memory of slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. today.
King, born Jan. 15, 1929, led a non-violent resistance movement that brought about massive changes in American culture and paved the way for the end of segregation and expansion of human rights.
King was assassinated in Memphis, Tenn. on April 4, 1968 at the age of 39. His legacy is celebrated each year with the holiday named in his honor. MLK Day is a federal holiday, though it was not made official until 18 years after his assassination.
The following leaders are visible on the front row, wearing leis: John Lewis, Ralph Abernathy, Martin Luther King Jr., and Ralph Bunche. Brown Chapel AME Church and the George Washington Carver Homes are behind them. Sylvan Street was later renamed Martin Luther King Street. Alabama Media GroupAlabama Media Group
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The last time America experienced a pandemic on the scale of what the coronavirus has inflicted upon us, the wildest lifestyle decade in United States history followed immediately.
It was as if the petering out of the Spanish flu after it killed millions of Americans unleashed peopleâs pent-up desires to enjoy life while they could.
So the early years of the 20th Century were followed by the Roaring â20s, almost a decade of flappers and the emergence of baseball as big-time entertainment thanks to Babe Ruthâs home run streak. There were moonshine whiskey and the Teapot Dome scandal, seemingly unending stock market rallies and the arrival of automobiles in millions of garages.
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‘The greatest American battle’: The Battle of the Bulge in World War II started 76 years ago
Updated Dec 16, 2020;
Posted Dec 16, 2020
In this image provided by the U.S. Army, American soldiers of the 347th U.S. Infantry in heavy winter gear halt their advance to La Roche, Belgium, for a short meal, January 13, 1945. (AP Photo/U.S. Army)ASSOCIATED PRESS
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The Battle of the Bulge started Dec. 16, 1944, when Hitler’s Nazi Germany launched its last major offensive of the war.
Early in the morning on Dec. 16, the offensive was launched in the dense Ardennes Forest with few roads. The area was “held by four inexperienced and battle-worn American divisions stationed there for rest and seasoning,” according to the U.S. Army Center of Military History.