On this day in 1970, an oxygen tank exploded on Apollo 13, which prevented the planned moon landing.
Artists painting showing the explosion on board Apollo 13.
The repair dubbed the "mail box" that saved the Apollo 13 astronauts. After an oxygen tank exploded, the three men had to retreat to the Lunar Module and use duct tape, along with plastic plastic bags and lithium hydroxide canisters to build a makeshift CO2 scrubber.
Approximately 600 people died when fire broke out at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, IL. on this day in 1903. The theater was billed as being fire proof, much the same way the Titanic was said to be unsinkable. The fire one of the most horrific events in Chicago’s history.
Drawing depicts the scene inside the lobby when fire broke out in the Iroquois Theater.
On this day in 1936, the United Auto Workers union staged its first sit-down strike, at the Fisher Body Plant in Flint, MI. The Flint Sit– Down Strike is known as the most important strike in American historybecause it changed the United Automobile Workers (UAW)
On this day in 1962, U.S. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson presented photographic evidence to the United Nations Security Council. The photos were of Soviet missile bases in Cuba.
Soviet Ambassador Zorin.
A Kennedy administration official (upper left) shows aerial views of one of the Cuban medium-range missile bases, taken in October 1962.
The Charge of the Light Brigade took place during the Crimean War on this day in 1854. The British were winning the Battle of Balaclava when Lord James Cardigan received an order to attack the Russians and took his troops into a valley where they suffered 40 percent casualties. It was later revealed that the order was the result of confusion and was not given intentionally.
Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava. The view is from the Fedokine hills across the Causeway toward Balaklava harbor in this painting by William Simpson.
On this day in 1983,U.S. troops and soldiers from six Caribbean nations invaded Grenada to restore order and provide protection to U.S. citizens after a recent coup within Grenada’s Communist (pro-Cuban) government.
U.S Special Operations Forces in Grenada.
William Payne Stewart(January 30, 1957 – October 25, 1999)
It was on this day in 1999.
Stewart, 42, was one of the world’s most recognizable golfers because of his trademark knickerbockers. The plane carrying Stewart and five others crashed near Aberdeen, South Dakota, after traveling 1,500 miles, most of it while the pilot, co-pilot and passengers were apparently unconscious or dead when the plane lost cabin pressure during its flight and ran out of fuel and crashed. The sounds of a low-pressure alarm could be heard on the recovered cockpit voice recorder.
The Learjet 35, N47BA, before its final flight on October 25, 1999.
Louise Joy Brown, the first test-tube baby, was born in Oldham, England on this day in 1978. She had been conceived through in-vitro fertilization.
Louise Brown with her parents.
William Ben Hogan(August 13, 1912 – July 25, 1997)
Professional golfer Ben Hogan is generally considered to be one of the greatest players in the history of the game. He is one of only five golfers to have won all four major championships. Hogan died in Fort Worth, Texas on July 25, 1997 at the age of 84, and is interred at Greenwood Memorial Park there.
On this day in 1975, "A Chorus Line" debuted at the Shubert Theatre on Broadway. The show closed in 1990 after 6,137 performances.
Rare Photos of the Original Broadway Cast of A Chorus Line.
Ulysses S. Grant (Hiram Ulysses Grant) (April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885)
Former president Ulysses S. Grant working on his memoirs just weeks before he died. After a year-long struggle with cancer, surrounded by his family, Grant died at 8 o’clock in the morning in the Mount McGregor cottage on July 23, 1885, at the age of 63.
Commanding General Grant, 1866 portrait.
Britain’s Prince Andrew married Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey in London on this day in 1986. They divorced in 1996.
On this day in 1984, Miss America, Vanessa Williams, turned in her crown after it had been learned that nude photos of her appeared in "Penthouse" magazine. She was the first to resign the title.
Vanessa Lynn Williams turned 55 March 18.
Golfer Tiger Woods wins career Grand Slam on this day in 2000.
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