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1988
Buran Makes Its Only Orbital Flight
The Soviet Buran spacecraft launched on November 15, 1988, carried by an Energia rocket.
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Jesuit Priests and Two Women Are Murdered in El Salvador
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Buran Makes Its Only Orbital Flight
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Intel Advertises the 4004 Microprocessor
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Chicago After the Fire: From Burned Blocks to a New Skyline
A photograph taken after the 1871 fire can make Chicago look as though its future had been decided by a wall of flame. A view from around 1905 tells a different story: tall offices, busy transport routes and commercial streets crowded again.
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