UNTHERED SPACEWALK ON THIS DAY IN 1984

Astronaut Bruce McCandless becomes to the first human to fly untethered in space, February 7 ...

While in orbit 170 miles above Earth, Navy Captain Bruce
McCandless II became the
first human being to perform
an untethered spacewalk
, when he exits the U.S. space
shuttle Challenger and maneuvers freely, using a bulky
white jet pack of his own design.

McCandless orbited Earth in tangent with the shuttle at
speeds greater than 17,500 miles per hour—the speed
at which satellites normally orbit Earth—and flew up to
320 feet away from the Challenger. After an hour and a
half of testing and flying the jet-powered backpack and
admiring Earth, McCandless safely reentered the shuttle.


Picture of Bruce McCandless II
Bruce McCandless II
(June 8, 1937 – December 21, 2017)

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THE GREAT BALTIMORE FIRE BEGAN IN 1904

The Great Baltimore Fire -- on Fayette Street, near Charles, looking S. E., Baltimore St ...
    
    
    
 

   
In Baltimore,
Maryland, a small fire in the business district is
wind-whipped into an
uncontrollable conflagration that engulfs
a large portion of the city by evening. The fire is believed to have
been started by a discarded cigarette in the basement of the
Hurst Building.

When the blaze finally burned down after 31 hours, an 80-block
area of the downtown area, stretching from the waterfront to
Mount Vernon on Charles Street, had been destroyed. More
than 1,500 buildings were completely leveled, and some 1,000
severely damaged, bringing property loss from the disaster to
an estimated $100 million.

Miraculously, official reports said no lives were lost—although
some reports did claim
one man perishedand Baltimore’s
domed City Hall, built in 1867, was preserved.

The Baltimore fire was deemed to be the nations third worst fire,
after the Chicago Fire and the San Francisco Fire following the earthquake.

  
    
   
        
        
        
        
        
       
BALTIMORE CITY FIRE 1904

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The John E. Hurst Building.



It was a 6 story dry goods company, almost everything inside
was flammable. The other firemen inside were able to escape
without injury, however, the lead horse for Engine 15 was
severely burned.


The remains of the Hurst Building. One of the teams of horses used to pull the engines is visible on the left.

A 1 ton, white Percheron draft horse, named Goliath, the lead
of the three horse team, was pulling the Hale Water Tower into
position on Liberty Street when the building exploded.

Goliath survived his injuries, although he spent 6 months under
the vets care. He went back to being a fire horse, but became a
favorite with children at parades.


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“BEATLEMANIA” ARRIVED ON THIS DAY

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On February 7, 1964, Pan Am Yankee Clipper flight 101 from
London Heathrow lands at New York’s Kennedy Airport—
and
“Beatlemania” arrives.

It was the first visit to the United States by the Beatles, a
British rock-and-roll quartet that had just scored its first No.
1 U.S. hit six days before with “I Want to Hold Your Hand.”
At Kennedy, the “Fab Four”—dressed in mod suits and
sporting their trademark pudding bowl haircuts—were
greeted by 3,000 screaming fans who caused a near riot
when the boys stepped off their plane and onto American
soil.

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POPULAR COUNTRY SINGER HAS DIED AT 62

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Toby Keith gives cancer update as he performs at People's Country Choice Awards
Toby Keith Covel (July 8, 1961 – February 5, 2024)

In June 2022, Keith announced that he had been diagnosed with
stomach cancer at the end of the prior year, having undergone chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery for the past six months.

Keith said that his battle with cancer had been "pretty debilitating"
in a December 2022 press release. Keith died in his sleep in
Oklahoma on February 5, 2024, at the age of 62.

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‘’GREAT COMMUNICATOR” BORN ON THIS DAY

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Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004)

As the 40th president of the United States, the former movie star
was called the “Great Communicator” for his ability to get through
to ordinary Americans and give them hope and optimism for their
own future and that of their country.

Despite his lifelong opposition to “big” government, he was credited
with restoring faith in the U.S. government and the presidency after
a long era of disillusionment in the wake of Nixon, Vietnam and
economic hardship under Carter.

But before his years of Hollywood stardom, and long before
Washington,
Ronald Reagan was born on February 6, 1911,
in Tampico, a small town in northwestern
Illinois.

General Electric Theater (TV Series 1953-1962) - Posters — The Movie Database (TMDB)

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