TODAY'S IN HISTORY

Let's go down the memory lane and remind ourselves of some events or happenings that took place on this day. Remember, you can add to the list.

1. The space shuttle Challenger explodes just after liftoff (1986)

2. Albert Einstein startles Berlin by suggesting the possibility of measuring the universe (1921)

3. Hong Kong announced that it would kill 20,000 chickens in order to stop the spread of the influenza A virus H7N9 bird flu (2014).

4. On this day in 1937, testing of the Rolls Royce had begun. The very first model that was exhibited on the streets a few years after World War II ended was the Rolls Royce Silver Wraith.

5. January 1806 marks the end of Mungo Park. Mungo Park was an explorer who discovers River Niger. He died at the age of 35.

6. On this day in 1935, Iceland becomes the first Western country to legalize therapeutic abortion.

Today in History

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IT MATTER

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