On this date, humanity acquired its 3rd-ever image of Earth from the outer solar system. The planet #Saturn eclipsed the sun from the vantage point of the Saturn-orbiting #Cassini spacecraft.
Read more at: https://t.co/vORZk7CEkg
📸 NASA/ JPL/ SSI/ CICLOPS/ Mother Jones.
Today in 1973, the greatest horse race in history was run.
Secretariat won the Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths to become the Triple Crown winner and set a world record time that has never been beaten!
🎥: CBS Broadcast
"Swung on—there it is! A long fly ball into left-center field, and it is gonna be a hit for Gene Larkin. Gladden scores, and once again the Minnesota Twins are baseball's world champions."—Herb Carneal, October 27, 1991
And the play is to home ...
Out there.
Out there!
@Hrbie14 and Brian Harper turned one of the biggest double plays in baseball history on this date in 1991.
The profile pic was a pretty girl. The DM seemed harmless - “hey.”
For Jordan DeMay, among a targeted group of teen boys, often high school athletes, this was danger coming in the middle of the night to his small, remote town.
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Today in 1983, George Brett is called out at Yankee Stadium after a clutch upper deck homer off Goose Gossage when Billy Martin points out he (technically) had too much pine tar on his bat. As you might recall, that bullshit did not sit well with George.
#OTD in 1944, D-Day, the Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy launching one of World War II's most pivotal battles. Read about archaeological efforts to uncover the legacy of the infamous day:
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Great Lakes ice update for January 22, 2025: Combined 25% | Lake Superior 12% | Lake Michigan 21% | Lake Huron 26% | Lake Erie 81% | Lake Ontario 15% | #GreatLakes