TODAY IN HISTORY: The Rubik's cube makes its international debut at a toy fair in London on January 29, 1980. 9News
The novel was well-received, even though Austen herself thought the novel lacked "shade", and should have included a chapter "of solemn specious nonsense".Michael Jackson suffered second-degree burns when his hair and face caught on fire during a Pepsi commercial shoot on January 27, 1984.His hair never grew back after the accident, and he wore a wig the rest of his life.Jackson donated the $1.5 million settlement he got from Pepsi to the burns unit that treated him.
The case was diagnosed in a soldier returning from World War I, who had arrived in a ship from Melbourne.The state ordered the closure of racehorses and hotels, and introduced a mask mandate.15 of 76A launch rehearsal test for the first mission of the Apollo space program ended tragically on January 27, 1967.
Astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee were killed when an electrical fire quickly spread in the cabin, which was filled with pure oxygen. Because of the internal pressure of the cabin, the hatch door could not be opened in time to rescue the trio, who all died.While typically credited with the invention, Edison merely perfected the design, which scientists and engineers had been working on for decades.17 of 76The largest gem-quality diamond ever found was uncovered in Cullinan, South Africa, on January 26, 1905.But the public display of security was all a ruse.
The 3,106.75 carat stone was so big that it went unsold for two years, before the Transvaal Colony decided to buy it and present it to King Edward VII.Days after establishing the first European colony in Australia in Botany Bay, Governor Arthur Phillip relocates the settlement on January 26, 1788.Public DomainGovernor Bligh had earned the enmity of the NSW Corps for cracking down on their illicit rum monopoly.
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