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Today in 1970: Apollo 13 oxygen tank explodes. disaster strikes 200,000 miles from Earth when oxygen tank No. 2 blows up on Apollo 13, the third manned lunar landing mission. Astronauts James A. Lovell, John L. Swigert, and Fred W. Haise had left Earth two days before.

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Today in 1970: Apollo 13 launched to moon. Apollo 13, the third lunar landing mission, is successfully launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying astronauts James A. Lovell, John L. Swigert, and Fred W. Haise.

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Today in 1865: General Lee gives final address to troops. One day after surrendering to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, Confederate General Robert E. Lee addresses his army for the last time.

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Today in 1865: Robert E. Lee surrenders. At Appomattox, Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders his 28,000 troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the American Civil War.

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Today in 1614: Pocahontas marries John Rolfe. Pocahontas, daughter of the chief of the Powhatan Indian confederacy, marries English tobacco planter John Rolfe in Jamestown, VA. The marriage ensured peace between the Jamestown settlers and the Powhatan Indians for several years.

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Don't miss today's info session for the Master of Science in Historic Preservation. 2:30-3:45pm in 350 French Hall!

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Today in 1860: Pony Express debuts. The first Pony Express mail, traveling by horse and rider relay teams, simultaneously leaves St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California.

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Today in 1513: Ponce de Leon discovers Florida. Near present-day St. Augustine, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon comes ashore on the Florida coast, and claims the territory for the Spanish crown.

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Today in 1981: President Reagan shot. President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by a deranged drifter named John Hinckley Jr.

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Today in 1973: Last U.S. troops depart South Vietnam. Under the provisions of the Paris Peace Accords signed on January 27, 1973, the last U.S. troops depart South Vietnam, ending nearly 10 years of U.S. military presence in that country.

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Today in 1979: Nuclear accident at Three Mile Island. At 4 a.m. the worst accident in the history of the U.S. nuclear power industry begins when a pressure valve in the Unit-2 reactor at Three Mile Island fails to close.

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Today in 1939: March Madness is born.The University of Oregon defeats The Ohio State University 46–33 to win the first-ever NCAA men’s basketball tournament. The Final Four, as the tournament became known, has grown exponentially in size and popularity since 1939.

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Today in 1776: South Carolina approves new constitution. The legislature renames itself the General Assembly of South Carolina and elects John Rutledge as president, Henry Laurens as vice president and William Henry Drayton as chief justice.

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Today in 1806: Lewis and Clark depart Fort Clatsop. After passing a wet and tedious winter near the Pacific Coast, Lewis and Clark happily leave behind Fort Clatsop and head east for home.

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Today in 1933: FDR legalizes sale of beer and wine by signing the Beer and Wine Revenue Act. This law levies a federal tax on all alcoholic beverages to raise revenue for the federal government & gives individual states the option to further regulate the sale and distribution.

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Today in 1963: Alcatraz closes its doors. Alcatraz Prison in San Francisco Bay closes down and transfers its last prisoners. At it’s peak period of use in 1950s, “The Rock, or “”America’s Devil Island” housed over 200 inmates at the maximum-security facility.

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Today in 1965: LBJ sends federal troops to Alabama. President Lyndon B. Johnson notifies Alabama’s Governor George Wallace that he will use federal authority to call up the Alabama National Guard in order to supervise a planned civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery.

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Today in 1931: Nevada legalizes gambling. In an attempt to lift the state out of the hard times of the Great Depression, the Nevada state legislature votes to legalize gambling.

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Development Wave Has Brought Historic U Street Back To Life — But At What Cost?

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