Today in History
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2008 Fidel Castro steps down as Cuba’s president
Castro was 81 years old at the time and had been in power for 49 years.
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1986 The “Mir” Space Station is launched
The Soviet vehicle was the world’s first modular space station and remained in orbit for 15 years.
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1985 Iberia Airlines Flight 610 crashes
All 148 people on board died in the accident that was blamed on pilot error.
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1945 U.S. troops land on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima
The photo showing 4 marines erecting a U.S. flag on the island has become one of the best-known images of World War II.
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1878 Thomas Edison patents the phonograph
It was the first machine able to reproduce recorded sound.