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Historybook: Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” published (1813); Painter Jackson Pollock born (1912); Modern US Coast Guard is founded (1915); Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates after launch, killing all seven astronauts on board (1986); RIP actress Cicely Tyson (2021).
"I touch the future. I teach."
- Christa McAuliffe, teacher and astronaut killed during Challenger explosion.
TRAGEDIES REMEMBERED
I remember this date well in 1986, I was in my first Principal job, a special education school for students in grades 4-12 who hadn't made it in regular classes.
I was in a Secondary shop class and the news came over the TV.
Educational hopes of a Nation seemed to crash in that event, at least that's the way it seemed at the time.