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1996
Shannon Lucid Returns From Mir
On September 26, 1996, the space shuttle Atlantis landed in Florida with astronaut Shannon Lucid aboard. She had spent about 188 days in space, most of them on the Russian station Mir.
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British troops suffer a friendly-fire strike on Hill 282
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Shannon Lucid Returns From Mir
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The Boeing 767 Takes Flight for the First Time
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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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