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Tony Long

June 27, 1954: World's First Nuclear Power Plant Opens

June 25, 1997: Minor Collision Doesn't Dull Cargo Ship's Luster

June 20, 1963: Cuban Missile Crisis Spurs Moscow-D.C. 'Hot Line'

June 18, 1983: Sally Ride, the First American Woman Into Space

June 11, 1644: The Barometer Gets Its First Practical Airing

June 6, 1944: Artificial Harbor Paves the Way for Normandy Invasion

June 4, 1783: Balloons That Carry Passengers? It's More Than Hot Air

May 31, 1977: Trans-Alaska Pipeline a Source of Oil ... and Worry

May 25, 1961: JFK Vows to Put American on Moon by Decade's End

May 23, 1985: Selling Stealth Secrets to the Reds Comes at a High Price

May 21, 1927: Lucky Lindy Flies His Way Into the Celebrity Ranks

May 16, 1988: Nicotine Declared as Addictive as Heroin, Cocaine

May 9, 1960: Easy Birth Control Arrives, But There's a Catch

May 8, 1886: Looking for Pain Relief, and Finding Coca-Cola Instead

May 7, 558: The Roof Caves In on the Hagia Sophia

May 2, 1952: First Commercial Jet Flies From London to Johannesburg

April 18, 1915: Aerial Warfare Is About to Make a Quantum Leap

April 17, 1790: America Loses One of Its Most Inventive Minds

April 11, 1888: Concertgebouw, Home of Nearly Perfect Acoustics, Opens

April 9, 1959: America Meets Its 7 Original Astronauts