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January 7 in history — On This Day

1968

Surveyor 7 leaves for the lunar highlands

On January 7, 1968, Surveyor 7 left for the lunar highlands.

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1952

Ivy Mike Detonates and Opens the Thermonuclear Age

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1988

An Ovechkin family group hijacks Aeroflot Flight 3739

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1912

Alfred Wegener presents continental drift

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1997

Hong Kong Begins a Mass Poultry Cull Against Bird Flu

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1973

The Endangered Species Act Is Signed

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U.S. Army Douglas World Cruiser aircraft during the 1924 round-the-world flight
SEP 28 · 1924

The First Flight Around the World Returns to Seattle

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1895

The Lumière Cinématographe Is Shown to a Paying Paris Audience

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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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