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Terrorist attack at the Olympics
The terrorist attack on the Olympic games in Munich,Germany was also known as the 1972 Olympic massacre. The terrorist attack killed two members of the Israeli Olympic team and they took nine other hostages. The terrorists were hiding in a motel requesting 234 Israeli prisoners were released and two from German prisons by noon. A German negotiator got the terrorists to say by one p.m then three p.m and then 5 p.m, but the terrorists didn't want to go any higher. -
Terracotta army discovered
In 1974 a life-sized terracotta army was discovered near Lintong, Xian, Shaanxi, China. Buried in underground pits, the 8,000 terracotta soldiers and horses were part of the necropolis of China's first emperor, Qin Shihuangdi, to aid him in the afterlife. While work continues on escavating and preserving the terracotta army, it remains one of the most important archaeological finds of the 20th century. -
John Lennon assasinated
John Lennon — founding member of the Beatles, and one of the most beloved and famous music legends of all time — died on December 8, 1980, after being shot four times by a crazed fan in the carriageway of his New York City apartment building.
Many of the events that led to his tragic and untimely death remain unclear and decades after his murder, people still struggle to understand what motivated his killer, 25-year-old Mark David Chapman, to pull the trigger on that fateful night. -
The assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan
The Ronald Reagan assassination attempt happened by John Hinckley Jr. John shot the president one time and it punctured his lung. Ronald got shot outside the Washington Hilton hotel and three others were injured in the shooting. Ronald had to walk 30 feet from the door to his awaiting ride, but the secret service didn't think Ronald needed a bullet proof vest. Waiting for Ronald outside was news reporters, Members of the public, and John Hinckley Jr. -
Sally Ride is the first women in space part.2
Sally Ride was born in a suburb of Los Angeles in Encino, California, on May 26, 1951. She was the first child of parents, Carol Joyce Ride (a counselor at the county jail) and Dale Burdell Ride (a political science professor at Santa Monica College). A younger sister, Karen, would add to the Ride family a few years later. -
Sally Ride is the first women in space part.1
Sally Ride became the first American woman in space when she launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 18, 1983, on board space shuttle Challenger. A pioneer of the final frontier, she charted a new course for Americans to follow, not only into the country’s space program, but by inspiring young people, especially girls, to careers in science, math, and engineering.