Archive for March 18th, 2025

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Nasa capsule


A pair of NASA astronauts, who were stranded in space for more
than nine months, returned to Earth on Tuesday, landing in the
Gulf of America off Tallahassee, Florida, bringing an end to an unforeseen odyssey.

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore (R) and Suni Williams, wearing Boeing spacesuits, depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at Kennedy Space Center for Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida to board the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft for the Crew Flight Test launch , on June 5, 2024. Boeing on June 5 will try once more to launch astronauts aboard a Starliner capsule bound for the International Space Station. Liftoff is targeted for 10:52 am (1452 GMT) for a roughly one-week stay at the orbital laboratory. (Photo by Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo / AFP) (Photo by MIGUEL J. RODRIGUEZ CARRILLO/AFP via Getty Images)
NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore.

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BUSINESS BEGAN SHIPPING AND BANKING

THIS DAY IN HISTORY – Wells and Fargo start shipping and banking company – 1852 – The Burning ...

The Long History of Wells Fargo: From Stagecoaches to Scandals

It's About Time: On this day in 1852, Wells & Fargo started a shipping company to the American West


On March 18, 1852, in New York City, Henry Wells and William
G. Fargo join with several other investors to launch their
namesake business, today one of the world’s largest banks.

The discovery of gold in California in 1849 prompted a huge
spike in the demand for cross-country shipping. Wells and
Fargo decided to take advantage of these great opportunities.

After later mergers, the Wells Fargo Bank American
Trust Company—shortened to the Wells Fargo Bank
in 1962, became, and has remained, one of the biggest
banking institutions in the United States.
      
Wells Fargo Logo and symbol, meaning, history, sign.
   

   

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‘’TRI-STATE TORNADO’’ HIT ON THIS DAY

The Tri-State Tornado – 1925 – Devastating Disasters


The worst tornado in U.S. history passed through eastern
Missouri, southern Illinois, and southern Indiana, killing
695 people, injuring some 13,000 people, and causing $17
million in property damage.

Known as the Tri-State Tornado,” the deadly twister began
its northeast track in Ellington, Missouri, but wreaked its
worst damage in southern Illinois. More than 500 of the total
695 people who perished were killed there, including 234 in
Murphysboro and 127 in West Frankfort.

March 18, 1925: Deadly Tri-State tornado sweeps through Southern Illinois | Local News ...

Tri-State Tornado of 1925 was deadliest in U.S. history - The Washington Post

Remember When: Tri-State Tornado of 1925 | amUSIngArtifacts

Benchmarks: March 18, 1925: Tri-state twister kills 695 people

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