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1986: Explosion of the space shuttle Challenger.On this day in 1986, the U.S. space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after its liftoff from Florida, killing all seven aboard, including a schoolteacher who was the first private citizen to fly on a shuttle.More events on this day1915:Congress created the U.S. Coast Guard by combining the Revenue Cutter Service with the U.S. Lifesaving Service. |
1912:American painter Jackson Pollock, a leading exponent of Abstract Expressionism who received widespread publicity and serious recognition for the radical poured, or “drip,” technique he used to create his major works, was born. |
1881:Russian novelist and short-story writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky died in St. Petersburg. |
1873:French writer Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette was born in Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye. |
1871:The French capital, Paris, fell following a four-month siege during the Franco-German War. |
1457:King Henry VII of England, who succeeded in ending the Wars of the Roses, was born in Pembrokeshire, Wales. |
814:Charlemagne, ruler of the Holy Roman Empire, died at Aachen (Germany). |
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