History: Second Moon Landing
Today in History: Second Moon Landing On this day in 1969, the second spacecraft to land on the Moon, Apollo 12 was the 6th manned flight of NASA’s Apollo program. Crew members Charles Conrad Jr. and Alan L. Bean became…
History: Great Chicago fire of 1871
History: Great Chicago fire of 1871 The fire that destroyed most of Chicago’s business district began in a barn on the evening of October 8, 1871. A very dry summer and early autumn fanned the fire, which raged for 2…
History: Great Chicago fire of 1871
History: Great Chicago fire of 1871 The fire that destroyed most of Chicago’s business district began in a barn on the evening of October 8, 1871. A very dry summer and early autumn fanned the fire, which raged for 2…
History: The Great Moon Hoax
History: The Great Moon Hoax On this day in 1835, the first in a series of six articles announcing the supposed discovery of life on the moon appeared in the New York Sun newspaper. Known collectively as “The Great Moon…
Today in History: Great Chicago fire of 1871
Today in History: Great Chicago fire of 1871 The fire that destroyed most of Chicago’s business district began in a barn on the evening of October 8, 1871. A very dry summer and early autumn fanned the fire, which raged…
History: The Great Moon Hoax
Today in History: The Great Moon Hoax On this day in 1835, the first in a series of six articles announcing the supposed discovery of life on the moon appeared in the New York Sun newspaper. Known collectively as “The…
History: The Man on the Moon
Today in History: The Man on the Moon On this day in 1969, 240,000 miles (380,000 km) away from Earth, at precisely 10:56 pm (EDT), during one of the most widely-viewed live broadcasts in television history, American astronaut, Neil Armstrong,…
Today in History: Second Moon Landing
Today in History: Second Moon Landing On this day in 1969, the second spacecraft to land on the Moon, Apollo 12 was the 6th manned flight of NASA’s Apollo program. Crew members Charles Conrad Jr. and Alan L. Bean became…
Today in History: Great Chicago fire of 1871
Today in History: Great Chicago fire of 1871 The fire that destroyed most of Chicago’s business district began in a barn on the evening of October 8, 1871. A very dry summer and early autumn fanned the fire, which raged…
History: First Images of the Far Side of the Moon in 1959
History: First Images of the Far Side of the Moon in 1959 On this day in 1959, the Soviet probe Luna 3 took the first photographs of the lunar far side, eighteen of them resolvable, covering one-third of the surface…