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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

September 12, 1962 - Kennedy's "We Go to the Moon" Speech

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Violence rages in Iraq after bombing of Shiite shrine | McClatchy Washington Bureau
SAMARRA, Iraq (AP) — On this day in 2006, Sunni extremists blew up a revered Shiite shrine, igniting the worst sectarian violence Iraq had ever seen.

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2006, file photo, Iraqis walk past the damaged al-Askari  shrine following an explosion in Samarra, 95 kilometers (60 mile...
Iraqis walk past the damaged al-Askari shrine following the
explosion.



Chaos Overran Iraq Plan in ’06, Bush Team Says - The New York Times

Blast Destroys Sunni Mosque in Iraq, Raising Fears of Reprisals - The New York Times

Shiites Rout Sunni Families in Mixed Area of Baghdad - The New York Times

Bombing kills 53 Shiite pilgrims near Basra, Iraq - The Washington Post



       

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Feb 20, 1962. Astronaut John Glenn during pre-launch preparations. Credit: NASA photo. | Space ...

Astronaut & Senator John Glenn — Dead At 95 | National Enquirer

John Glenn, First American to Orbit the Earth, Dies at 95

S63-01207 View of Astronaut John Glenn insertion into the Mercury Spacecraft | Space program ...

John Glenn, U.S. Hero: First American to Orbit the Earth

John Glenn's orbit of Earth was front-page news in The Repository on Feb. 20, 1962. The Glenn ...

NASA Astronaut John Glenn First American To Orbit Earth Entire S.F. Newspaper | Nasa history ...

Former Astronaut, US Senator John Glenn Dead at 95 - Alabama News

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GYMNASTICS ICON HAS BEEN HOSPITALIZED

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Olympic Gymnast Mary Lou Retton 'Fighting for Her Life' With 'Rare Form ...

Mary Lou Retton is ‘fighting for her life’ as she battles a rare
form of pneumonia. She was unable to breathe on own and
is in ICU.

Retton, 55, won five medals in the 1984 Games, including
two silver medals for team and vault and two bronze
medals in the uneven bars and floor exercise.

She had a knee surgery and yet went on to win a Gold Medal in Gymnastics. What is her first name ...

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TRACK STAR WINS FOURTH GOLD MEDAL

Jesse Owens' Family Fighting CPS To Keep Olympic Star's Name On South Side School | HuffPost

Track hero Jesse Owens lived his latter years in Phoenix
James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens
(September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980)


On this day at the 1936 Berlin
Olympics, African American track
star
Jesse  Owens won his fourth gold medal of the Games in
the 4×100-meter relay. His relay team set a new world record of
39.8 seconds, which held for 20 years. In their strong showing in
track-and-field events at the XIth Olympiad, Jesse Owens and
other African American athletes struck a propaganda blow
against Nazi leader
Adolf Hitler, who planned to use the Berlin
Games as a showcase of supposed Aryan superiority.


Jesse Owens | Fact# 1330 | FactRepublic.com
Owens with Adolf Hitler.

Jesse Owens on the podium at the 1936 Summer Olympics | Learnodo Newtonic
Jesse Owens on the podium after winning the long jump
at the 1936 Summer Olympics. L-R, Naoto Tajima, Owens,
Luz Long.

Jesse Owens 1936 Olympic gold medal that enraged Hitler up for auction | Daily Mail Online
One of Jesse Owens’ four gold medals won at the 1936
Olympics in Berlin.

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Nasa Astronaut Michael Collins Believes Aliens Exist Outside Of Earth Science News Express Co Uk

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