It is interesting to see how much history we have lived through already in our lives. It is a shame so many teachers/students find the subjec to history to be boring. My son claims it IS like reading a good novel only it was for real. History is important so we don't repeat the same mistakes over and over again . . . like we are doing now! Anyway, found a few interesting facts about what was going on on this day in year gone by.
1958: Khrushchev becomes Premier of Soviet Union
1964: Alaskan earthquake kills 117 people
1969: Mariner 7 launched from Cape Kennedy
1977: 583 killed when two 747 jets collide on runway at Tenerife, Canary Islands
1845:
Physicist and discoverer of X-rays, Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen born in Lennep, Germany
1899:
Celebrated silent-film era actress, Gloria Swanson born in Chicago, Illinois
1963:
Actor, director and Oscar winning screenwriter, Quentin Tarentino born in Knoxville, Tennessee
1970:
Grammy Award winning singer, Mariah Carey born in Long Island, New York
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