Tag: Today in History
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Today in History: Pure Luck Stopped Two Nuclear Bombs from Destroying a US City on January 24, 1961
January 24, 1961: A Narrow Escape Near Goldsboro, North Carolina Today in history marks a chilling reminder of how close the United States came to a catastrophic nuclear accident. On January 24, 1961, a B-52 bomber over Goldsboro, North Carolina, began to break apart in flight after a fuel leak, triggering a sequence of events…
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Today in History: January 24 — How Pure Luck Averted Two Nuclear Bombs Over Goldsboro
Today in History: January 24, 1961 – A Near-Disaster in the Skies On January 24, 1961, a routine refueling mission turned into a perilous moment that could have rewritten the map of the United States. A United States Air Force B-52 bomber, carrying two Mark 39 nuclear bombs, was cruising over North Carolina when a…
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Today in History: January 10 – The discovery of Phnom Penh’s notorious prison massacre
Today in History: January 10 and the Khmer Rouge’s dark legacy January 10 marks a haunting chapter in the history of Southeast Asia. In 1979, amid Cambodia’s brutal upheavals, a Vietnamese photographer named Ho Van Tay documented a chilling moment that would illuminate the world’s understanding of the Khmer Rouge regime’s atrocities. Drawn to Phnom…