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This Weekend In History……
Tacoma Bridge Collapse……. November 7, 1940……. The Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapsed. It had just opened four months earlier. It was located in the U.S. state of Washington and was the word’s third-longest suspension bridge at the time. Even while being constructed, winds caused the bridge to sway with the workers calling it “Galloping Gertie”. During 40…
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Laura Bush Kills Friend in Auto Accident…… November 6, 1963……. Laura Welch, the 17-year-old future first lady Laura Bush (wife of U.S. President George W. Bush), runs a stop sign striking a car and killing its sole occupant, 17-year-old Michael Douglass. Douglass was her close friend and classmate. Bush and her 17-year-old passenger were treated for…
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Flux Capacitor Invented……. November 5, 1955…….. According to the Back to the Future movie franchise, Dr. Emmett L. Brown (Doc) conceives of the idea for his flux capacitor when he slipped on the edge of his toilet while hanging a clock in his bathroom and hit his head on the sink. The flux capacitor requires 1.21 gigawatts…
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Iranian Hostage Crisis……. November 4, 1979……. The U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran is seized and 63 American hostages are taken and held for 444 days. The embassy was taken over by Iranian students who believed the U.S. was attempting to undermine the Iranian Revolution. They also opposed U.S. support of the Shah of Iran who, after…