A SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH ON THIS DAY IN 1970

The Apollo 13 astronauts

NASA Marks 50 Years Since Apollo 13 Mission

On April 11, 1970, Apollo 13, the third lunar landing mission,
was
successfully launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida,
carrying astronauts James A. Lovell, John L. Swigert and
Fred W. Haise.

The spacecraft’s destination was the Fra Mauro highlands
of the moon, where the astronauts were to explore the
Imbrium Basin and conduct geological experiments.

After an oxygen tank exploded on the evening of April 13,
however, the new mission objective became to get the
Apollo 13 crew home alive.

Lunar Pioneer: Forty years after Apollo 13

Behind the Scenes of Apollo 13 » Richard Nixon Foundation

Newspapers.com on X: "#OTD 50 years ago, Apollo 13 launched from Cape  Canaveral in what was supposed to be the US's third lunar landing mission.  This newspaper front page from Hawaii captures

                                         Apollo 13 - Wikipedia

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FIRST LIVE SPORTING EVENT BROADCAST

On this day in 1921, radio stepped into the boxing ring, becoming the first  live broadcast of a sporting event. Pittsburgh's KDKA, the first  commercially licensed station, covered a boxing match between

On April 11, 1921, KDKA in Pittsburgh aired the first live
sporting event on the radio
, a boxing match between
Johnny Ray and Johnny Dundee.

Pittsburgh Daily Post sports editor Florent Gibson calls
the event, about four months before KDKA’s Harold Arlin
announces the first Major League Baseball game broadcast  
on radio.

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Johnny Ray vs Johnny Dundee (lost radio coverage of boxing match; 1921) -  The Lost Media Wiki

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FIRST COLOR 3-D FILM OPENED ON THIS DAY

Safety pin is patented, rights sold for just $400 | April 10, 1849 | HISTORY

On April 10, 1953, the horror film The House of Wax, starring
Vincent Price, opened at New York’s Paramount Theater.

Released by Warner Brothers, it was the first movie from a
major motion-picture studio to be shot using the three-
dimensional, or stereoscopic, film process and one of the
first horror films to be shot in color.

Directed by Andre De Toth, The House of Wax was a remake
of 1933’s Mystery in the Wax Museum.
     
    
    
    
 What Was the First 3D Movie? A Brief History of 3D Films - Artist 3D   
   
House Of Wax - The First Major Color 3D Film! (1953) - YouTube

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

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April 10, 1912: Titanic Sets Sail from England on its Maiden and Final Journey | F. Rewind - YouTube

The RMS Titanic set sail on her ill-fated and only voyage on April
10th, 1912 from Southampton, England.

She stopped in Cherbourg in France and Queenstown in Ireland
to pick up passengers, crew and supplies.

The Titanic was carrying about 1320 passengers and 907 crew on
the ship. She struck an iceberg near Newfoundland and sank with
the loss of 1,523 of her 2,200 passengers and crew.

On April 10, 1912, the Titanic set sail on its maiden voyage from Southampton, England, across ...

RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton England at 12 PM GMT on 10 April 1912. . | Rms titanic ...

PHOTOS: 104 years since the Titanic set sail | Daily Echo

PHOTOS: 104 years since the Titanic set sail | Daily Echo

April 10,1912 – RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage ...

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ORGANIZATION WAS FOUNDED ON THIS DAY

Rescue of a City Dog

On April 10, 1866, the American Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) was
founded in New York City by philanthropist and diplomat Henry Bergh, 54.

In 1863, Bergh had been appointed by President Abraham
Lincoln
to a diplomatic post at the Russian court of Czar
Alexander II
. It was there that he was horrified to witness
work horses beaten by their peasant drivers.

On his way back to America, a June 1865 visit to the Royal
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in London
awakened his determination to secure a charter not only to
incorporate the ASPCA but to exercise the power to arrest
and prosecute violators of the law.
http://aspca.org

The Man Who Made Us Feel for the Animals - The New York Times

150 Years of Saving Lives: The ASPCA Celebrates a Milestone Anniversary | ASPCA
Henry Bergh (August 29, 1813 – March 12, 1888)

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