Saturday, February 20, 2010

on this day

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1809 The Supreme Court ruled that the power of the federal government is greater than that of any individual state.

1962, astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth as he flew aboard the Friendship 7 Mercury capsule

1965 The Ranger 8 spacecraft crashed on the moon after sending back thousands of pictures of the lunar surface.

2003 Fire broke out during a rock concert at a nightclub in West Warwick, R.I., killing 100 people and injuring about 200 others.

 

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