Today in History for September 11th
Images and sounds from that day in 2001 when America suffered the worst terrorist attack on its soil. (September 11)
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Today in History for August 23rd
Highlights of this day in history: Nazis and Soviets sign a non-aggression pact on the eve of World War II; Sacco and Vanzetti executed; Dismissed Priest John Geoghan killed; Broadway film star Rudolph Valentino and Oscar Hammerstein have died. (23 August)
Today in History for August 21st
Highlights of this day in history: Soviet coup against Mikhail Gorbachev fails; Exiled revolutionary Leon Trotsky murdered in Mexico; Nat Turner leads a slave rebellion; US flag gets 50th star; Count Basie and singer Kenny Rogers were born. (August 21)
NZ athlete on making history as a transgender woman
Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard never sought the attention that inevitably came with becoming the first transgender woman to compete in the Olympics. (3rd August)
Today in History for July 27th
Highlights of this day in history: A ceasefire ends the Korean War; A House Panel Votes the Impeachment of President Richard Nixon; A pipe bomb explodes at the Atlanta Olympics; The deposed Shah of Iran and comedian Bob Hope die. (July 27th)
Today in History for July 22nd
Highlights of this day in history: Wiley Post completes first solo flight around the world; Robber John Dillinger shot dead; Saddam Hussein’s sons killed in Iraq; The September 11th commission publishes its report; Birth of the Frisbee. (22nd of July)
Today in History for July 13th
Highlights of This Day in History: Live Aid Concerts in London and Philadelphia; A French revolutionary is stabbed to death in his bathroom; Civil War civil war riots in New York; A power outage hits the Big Apple; Born actor Harrison Ford. (July 13th)
Today in History for July 12
Highlights of this day in history: Julius Caesar born; Walter Mondale names Geraldine Ferraro the first woman to run for the White House on a major party ticket; Boris Yeltsin resigns from the CPSU; Born comedian Bill Cosby. (July 12)
Today in History for July 4th
Highlights of This Day in History: America’s Declaration of Independence; Former Presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson die the same day; Israel’s invasion of Entebbe; West Point opens; Lou Gehrig’s departure from baseball; Neil Simon born. (4th of July)
Astronomy professor Emily Levesque looks out at massive stars and back at history of her profession
Emily Levesque an Bord von NASAs SOFIA, dem Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, das im Grunde ein fliegendes Teleskopflugzeug ist, das aus einem Infrarotteleskop besteht, das in einer speziell modifizierten Boeing 747 eingebaut ist. Das Flugzeug soll in die Stratosphäre fliegen und dann seine Hecktür öffnen and während des Fluges, damit das Teleskop in großen … Read more