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Today in History for August 24th

Terrifying History on Instagram: "In August 1995, a gathering in Baghdad to celebrate the eighth anniversary of the end of the Iran-Iraq War turned into a scene of violence when Uday Saddam Hussein, the eldest son of the Iraqi president, began firing a pistol into the air. While celebratory gunfire was a common practice in the region, Uday’s actions on this particular night were far from festive. In a fit of drunken rage sparked by a family dispute, he lowered his weapon and fired into the crowd

Mars Pathfinder - NASA Science

Som ET - 59 - Mars - Mars Pathfinder - Sojourner Rover - 1996 The Mars Pathfinder mission, designed to demonstrate a low-cost method for delivering a set of science instruments to the Red Planet, was the first wheeled vehicle to be used on any other planet in the solar system and served as the foundation for the Mars rovers of today. The mission landed a rover -- Sojourner -- on the surface of Mars using an air bag landing system and innovative petal design, which have been used since in various

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