历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-08-26

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“Woman Suffrage is a long story of hard work and heartache, at least one thousand legal enactments³ were necessary and everyone was a struggle against ignorant opposition⁴.”

2003Investigators pinpoint⁶ what caused Space Shuttle Columbia to disintegrate⁷ on re-entry: damage from falling debris⁸ during a launch. Scott Hubbard Is a member of the Shuttle Accident Investigation⁹ Board, “We concluded that the falling foam¹⁰ impacting the leading edge of the wing was the cause of the breach¹¹ that ultimately led to the destruction of the Orbiter”.

But investigators⁵ also conclude NASA`s over-confident management and inattention to safety contributed to the loss of Columbia and its seven-person crew.

1974 Lucky Lindy up in the sky, Fair or windy, he's flying highAviator Charles A Lindberg, who made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean dies at his home in Hawaii, he was 72.

Today in history, August 26th, Sandy Kozel the Associate Press.

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