2001 The Russian space station Mir plunges into the sea The legendary station was disposed of in a controlled crash after 15 years in space. 1980 Archbishop Óscar Romero calls on members of the El Salvador armed forces to stop killing their…
1997 Tara Lipinski becomes the youngest female figure skating world champion The American athlete won the 1997 World Figure Skating Championships in Lausanne, Switzerland at the age of 14 years and 10 months. 1993 The Intel Corporation produces the first Pentium microprocessor…
2006 Jack Dorsey sends the world’s first Twitter message, or tweet The microblogging service revolutionized the communication and social networking landscape. In 2012, about 340 million tweets were posted per day. 1985 South African Police kill at least 21 black people commemorating…
O’Rourke was apparently speaking to a teacher when he made this aside. His spokesman says that O’Rourke was referring to a study released by the Texas State Teachers Association (TSTA). In August, the union said a survey of its members found that…
CLIMATE CHANGE CLAIM: O’ROURKE, on global warming: “This is our final chance. The scientists are absolutely unanimous on this. That we have no more than 12 years to take incredibly bold action on this crisis.” — remarks in Keokuk, Iowa,…