Episode #186: Challenger Disaster
Thursday, January 28, 2016. Thirty years ago today, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after launch, killing the seven astronauts aboard. ...
It Was 20 Years Ago Today
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A look at the events and culture of the (relatively) recent past -- twenty, or sometimes thirty, years ago from the day of posting. The 1980s. The 1990s. People. Society. Books, movies, television and video games. Crime and justice. War and disasters. It's all here, seen through the lens of my own memory. Learn or remember about days not so long gone, and see how what happened then affects us today -- all in less than ten minutes per episode.
Episode #185 -- Windows 95
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Episode #182 -- Oklahoma City Bombing
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Episode #180 -- Chickenpox Vaccine
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Episode #179 -- Mikhail Gorbachev
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Episode #178 -- Top Quark Discovered
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Episode #177 -- Yahoo!
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