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A Couple More Anniversaries
July 20th is chock full. In addition to the first Apollo landing, it's also the day that Viking 1 landed on Mars, in 1976. And in the non-space category, it's sixty-one years since the failed attempt on Hitler's life (an alternate history of what would have happened had that succeeded might be interesting). Also, it's been a dozen years since Vince Foster's body was found in Fort Marcy Park, and his killer and the location where his demise occurred remain unknown.
Posted by Rand Simberg at July 20, 2005 08:14 AM
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James Doohan's death, sadly, is to be added to the list of notable anniversaries now.
Posted by J. Craig Beasley at July 20, 2005 10:35 AM
I blogged on Vince this afternoon.
An e-mail correspondent pointed out: "Look at what we learned: that the airbrushers and fact changers were not just characters in Orwell's 1984. We watched it happen right in front of us."
That's exactly right. That's what happened.
Posted by at July 20, 2005 06:55 PM
(Oops -- I hadn't intended to put that post up without my name.)
Posted by Billy Beck at July 20, 2005 06:57 PM
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