David A Broad
A personal story
More than 40 years, told day by day
NASA launched Space Shuttle Columbia on the STS-73 mission, a scientific research flight dedicated to microgravity experiments and technological research.
The mission carried a crew of seven astronauts who would conduct various scientific studies in space. It carried Spacelab Module LM1 in Columbia's payload bay, serving as the United States Microgravity Laboratory
A devastating domestic terrorist attack occurred when Timothy McVeigh detonated a car bomb outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.
The explosion killed 168 people, including 19 children, and injured 680 others, making it the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history prior to 9/11.
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The NHL's Winnipeg Jets were sold to American investors who announced plans to relocate the franchise to Phoenix, Arizona.
This marked a significant moment in Canadian sports history, as a beloved Canadian team would soon become the Phoenix Coyotes, reflecting broader economic and market trends in professional hockey during the mid-1990s.
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On this day, French woman Jeanne Calment officially reached the remarkable age of 120 years and 238 days, establishing a world record for the longest confirmed human lifespan in recorded history.
Her extraordinary longevity had been meticulously documented and verified by gerontologists and historians. but doubts remain.
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A historic gathering of African American men in Washington, D.C., organized by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan to promote unity, empowerment, and social responsibility within the Black community.
Approximately 837,000 men participated, making it one of the largest demonstrations of African American solidarity in U.S. history.
Louis Farrakhan (born Louis Eugene Walcott; May 11, 1933) is an American religious leader who heads the Nation of Islam (NOI), a black nationalist organization.
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A presidential referendum was held in Iraq on October 15, 1995. It was the first direct presidential election in Ba'athist Iraq under the rule of Saddam Hussein, who had seized power through the Revolutionary Command Council (RCC) in 1979.
Taking the form of a referendum with no other candidates, the election involved distributing to voters paper ballots that said: "Do you approve of President Saddam Hussein being the President of the Republic?" They then used pens to mark "yes" or "no".
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