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On This Day…..
Michael Jackson’s Moonwalk….. May 16, 1983….. First TV broadcast of Michael Jackson‘s signature move, the Moonwalk. Michael Jackson performed the dance move during the song Billie Jean for the TV show Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever, which had been taped before a live audience March 25, 1983.
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DiMaggio’s 56-Game Hitting Streak Joe DiMaggio begins his legendary 56-game hitting streak on this day in 1941. It ended July 17 after 91 hits for a .408 average, 15 home runs, and 55 runs drove in. He recorded at least one hit in each of the 56 games. DiMaggio’s streak crushed the record of 44…
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Skylab….. May 14, 1973….. The U.S. space station Skylab is launched. About a minute after take-off a protective shield and a solar panel broke off, damaging the other solar panel in the process. The crew was sent up on the 25th and made repairs.
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Pope John Paul II Shot….. May 13, 1981….. Escaped Turkish terrorist Mehmet Ali Ağca shoots Pope John Paul II in St. Peter’s Square at Vatican City. The Pope was struck four times. Ağca was apprehended and later sentenced to life in prison. But the Pope forgave Ağca and he was pardoned by Italian president Carlo Azeglio Ciampi…