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  1. On This Day August 31 1988 – Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 Crashed During Takeoff From Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

    On This Day August 31 1988 – Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 Crashed During Takeoff From Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

    On this day August 31 1988, Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 crashed during takeoff from Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. The Boeing 727 failed to lift off properly, veered off the runway, and broke apart in a fiery crash. The tragic accident resulted in the deaths of 14 people and injuries...
  2. On This Day August 29 1982 – Ingrid Bergman Passed Away at Age 67

    On This Day August 29 1982 – Ingrid Bergman Passed Away at Age 67

    On this day August 29 1982, legendary actress Ingrid Bergman passed away at the age of 67 after a battle with breast cancer. Her death came on her birthday, marking both the celebration of a life and the end of an era in classic Hollywood history. Bergman was best known for her role as Ilsa...
  3. On This Day July 29 1981 – The Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer Took Place at St Paul's Cathedral in London

    On This Day July 29 1981 – The Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer Took Place at St Paul's Cathedral in London

    On this day July 29 1981, the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer was held at St Paul's Cathedral in London and watched by over 750 million viewers around the world. The event was hailed as the wedding of the century, with royal pageantry, a grand procession, and a young Diana...
  4. On This Day July 25 1984 – Soviet Cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya Became the First Woman to Walk in Space

    On This Day July 25 1984 – Soviet Cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya Became the First Woman to Walk in Space

    On this day July 25 1984, Soviet cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya made history as the first woman to perform a spacewalk. While aboard the Salyut 7 space station, she spent over three hours outside the spacecraft conducting welding experiments in orbit. Savitskaya had already become the second...
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