Basketball giant Kareem Abdul-Jabbar dominated the NBA in the
1970s and ’80s with his signature sky hook. Led the L.A. Lakers
to five championships. He’s 78 years old today.

From Cape Canaveral, Florida, Apollo 16, the fifth of six U.S.
lunar landing missions, was successfully launched on its
238,000-mile journey to the moon.

Four days later, the three astronauts returned to Earth, safely
splashing down in the Pacific Ocean.

Cove City, Craven County — The mystery of D.B. Cooper, the
infamous hijacker who vanished with $200,000 after leaping
from a plane in 1971, may be closer to being solved.

The FBI is examining a parachute rigging discovered in a barn
in Craven County, which could potentially identify Cooper.

The case, the FBI’s only unsolved air piracy incident, has
intrigued the nation for over 50 years. Recent findings
suggest that Cooper might have had ties to Eastern North
Carolina, specifically pointing to a man named Richard
Floyd McCoy Jr.

This development is part of the ongoing investigation known
as the "Cooper Vortex," as authorities and enthusiasts alike
continue to delve into the mystery of D.B. Cooper’s true identity.
(by Brian North & Ciara Blosser)

On April 15, 2013, two bombs went off near the finish line of the
Boston Marathon, killing three spectators and wounding more
than 260 other people in attendance.

This photo released by the FBI of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, left,
and his brother, Tamerlan, right.

Adrien Brody has won the Academy Award for Best Actor
twice for his portrayal of Holocaust survivors: Polish pianist
Władysław Szpilman in Roman Polanski‘s war drama The
Pianist (2002) and Hungarian brutalist architect László Tóth
in Brady Corbet‘s period epic The Brutalist (2024).

The former made him the category’s youngest winner, at age
29. He has received several other accolades, including a
Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award with nominations
for three Primetime Emmy Awards.

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