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Today is Monday, Feb. 1, the 32nd day of 2021. There are 333 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Feb. 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia broke up during re-entry, killing all seven of its crew members: commander Rick Husband; pilot William McCool; payload commander Michael Anderson; mission specialists Kalpana Chawla, David Brown and Laurel Clark; and payload specialist Ilan Ramon (ee-LAHN’ rah-MOHN’), the first Israeli in space.
On this date:
In 1790, the U.S. Supreme Court convened for the first time in New York. (However, since only three of the six justices were present, the court recessed until the next day.)
PHOTOGALLERY
News18 » Photos » In Photos: A Look at Kalpana Chawla s Journey to Space that Claimed Her Life on this Day in 2003
In Photos: A Look at Kalpana Chawla s Journey to Space that Claimed Her Life on this Day in 2003
Kalpana Chawla was a member of the crew of the space shuttle Columbia which disintegrated and went up in flames over Texas minutes before it was to land in Florida. Buzz | News18.com | February 1, 2021, 12:15 pm
1/ 12 Undated file picture shows Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon (2nd R) poses with other NASA astronauts of STS-107 shuttle received by e-mail by Ramon s brother Gilad Ramon. STS-107 Payload Specialist Ramon was a member of the crew of the space shuttle Columbia which disintegrated in flames over Texas minutes before it was to land in Florida. From L to R, Michael Anderson, William McCool, Rick Husband, David Brown, Laurel Clark, Ramon and Kalpana Chawla. AFP PHOTO/HO +++ISRAEL OUT+++
Today’s highlight
Feb. 1, 2003: The space shuttle Columbia broke up during re-entry, killing all seven of its crew members: commander Rick Husband; pilot William McCool; payload commander Michael Anderson; mission specialists Kalpana Chawla, David Brown and Laurel Clark; and payload specialist Ilan Ramon, the first Israeli in space.
On this date
1790: The U.S. Supreme Court convened for the first time in New York. (However, since only three of the six justices were present, the court recessed until the next day.)
1862: “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” a poem by Julia Ward Howe, was published in the Atlantic Monthly.
1865: Abolitionist John S. Rock became the first Black lawyer admitted to the bar of the U.S. Supreme Court.