HISTORY

What caused the catastrophic failure of the Space Shuttle Challenger on the morning of #ThisDayInHistory in 1986? From a technical perspective, experts cite lower-than-expected launch temperatures at Florida’s Cape Canaveral, which caused a rubber part to malfunction. But as a broader investigation would reveal, the tragedy could have been avoided. To learn more, visit the link in our bio.

We’ll go first, Napoleon was once attacked by rabbits.

In the evening on November 29, 1981, actress Natalie Wood, her husband, and actor Christopher Walken were on a yacht which moored off Santa Catalina. Neither Walken nor Wood’s husband saw what happened to her that night, but it was believed she somehow slipped overboard while untying a dinghy and drowned.

Albert Einstein, born on March 14, 1879, developed the first of his groundbreaking theories while working in the Swiss patent office. After making his name with four scientific articles in 1905, he went on to win worldwide fame for his general theory of relativity and a Nobel Prize in 1921 for his explanation of the photoelectric effect. To learn more about the events on #ThisDayInHistory and #AlbertEinstein, visit the link in our bio.

Fifteen years ago, on #ThisDayInHistory, Amanda Knox, a 22-year-old American exchange student, was wrongfully convicted of murdering her roommate in Perugia, Italy.

What caused the catastrophic failure of the Space Shuttle Challenger on the morning of #ThisDayInHistory in 1986? From a technical perspective, experts cite lower-than-expected launch temperatures at Florida’s Cape Canaveral, which caused a rubber part to malfunction. But as a broader investigation would reveal, the tragedy could have been avoided. To learn more, visit the link in our bio.

We’ll go first, Napoleon was once attacked by rabbits.

In the evening on November 29, 1981, actress Natalie Wood, her husband, and actor Christopher Walken were on a yacht which moored off Santa Catalina. Neither Walken nor Wood’s husband saw what happened to her that night, but it was believed she somehow slipped overboard while untying a dinghy and drowned.

Albert Einstein, born on March 14, 1879, developed the first of his groundbreaking theories while working in the Swiss patent office. After making his name with four scientific articles in 1905, he went on to win worldwide fame for his general theory of relativity and a Nobel Prize in 1921 for his explanation of the photoelectric effect. To learn more about the events on #ThisDayInHistory and #AlbertEinstein, visit the link in our bio.

Fifteen years ago, on #ThisDayInHistory, Amanda Knox, a 22-year-old American exchange student, was wrongfully convicted of murdering her roommate in Perugia, Italy.