Today in History 03/18/17

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Minnie Hawkins sits amongst the wreckage of her home in Murphysboro, IL, in the wake of the tri-state tornado, March 1925 (© Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)(1925) Deadliest tornado in US history strikes three states
For seven hours, a massive tornado wreaks destruction over some 200 miles, the longest twister track in recorded history, roaring through Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana. The twister kills 695 people and causes an estimated $1.4 billion in damage.
The Tri-State Tornado of Wednesday, March 18, 1925 was the deadliest tornado in U.S. history. It was also the most exceptional tornado of a major outbreak of at least twelve known significant tornadoes across a large portion of the Midwestern and Southern U.S. It alone inflicted 695 fatalities, more than twice as many as the second deadliest, the Great Natchez Tornado of 1840. The 151 to 235 mi track left by the tornado was the longest ever recorded in the world as it crossed from southeastern Missouri, through southern Illinois, then into southwestern Indiana. Although not officially rated by NOAA, it is recognized by most experts as an F5 tornado, the maximum damage rating issued on the Fujita scale.
Date: Mar 18, 1925
Fatalities: 695

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An Algerian FLN (National Liberation Front) company on the move in 1958 (© ullstein bild/Getty Images)(1962) Algerian War ends in a truce
Seven years of war and 132 years of French rule come to an end in Algeria as the Front de Liberation Nationale (FLN) and France sign a peace agreement. Hundreds of thousands, mostly civilians, have died in the conflict.
The Algerian War, also known as the Algerian War of Independence or the Algerian Revolution was a war between France and the Algerian National Liberation Front from 1954 to 1962, which led to Algeria gaining its independence from France. An important decolonization war, it was a complex conflict characterized by guerrilla warfare, maquis fighting, and the use of torture by both sides. The conflict also became a civil war between loyalist Algerians supporting a French Algeria and their Algerian nationalist counterparts.
Start date: Nov 01, 1954
End date: Mar 19, 1962

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Russian astronaut Alexei Leonov steps from the spaceship Voskhod 2 to become the first human to walk in outer space, March 18, 1965 (© Central Press/Getty Images)(1965) USSR’s Alexey Leonov takes the first spacewalk
Soviet cosmonaut Alexey Leonov emerges from his spacecraft and spends 12 minutes suspended in outer space, with only a tether connecting him to his craft. It’s humankind’s first “extravehicular activity,” or EVA.
Alexey Arkhipovich Leonov is a retired Soviet/Russian cosmonaut, Air Force Major general, a writer and an artist. On 18 March 1965, he became the first human to conduct extravehicular activity, exiting the capsule during the Voskhod 2 mission for a 12-minute spacewalk.
Born: May 30, 1934 (age 82) · Listvyanka, Irkutsky District, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia
Height: 5′ 4″ (1.63 m)
Spouse: Svetlana Pavlovna Dozenko
Space missions: Voskhod 2 · Apollo–Soyuz Test Project
Movies and TV shows: From the Earth to the Moon · Tank on the Moon
Children: Oksana A. (Daughter) · Viktoria A. (Daughter)
Highlights
  • 1965: He was outside the spacecraft for 12 minutes and nine seconds on 18 March 1965, connected to the craft by a 5.35-meter tether.

  • 1965: On 18 March 1965, he became the first human to conduct extravehicular activity (EVA), exiting the capsule during the Voskhod 2 mission for a 12-minute spacewalk.

  • 1968: In 1968, Leonov was selected to be commander of a circumlunar Soyuz 7K-L1 flight.

  • 1984: Leonov, along with Rusty Schweickart, Vitaly Sevastyanov, and Georgi Grechko established the Association of Space Explorers in 1984.

  • 2001: Space and Time Perception by the Cosmonaut written by Alexey Leonov was first published on January 01, 2001.

  • 2005: Two Sides of the Moon: Our Story of the Cold War Space Race written by Alexey Leonov was first published on April 04, 2005.

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The empty center frame, from which thieves cut Rembrandt's 'Storm on the Sea of Galilee,' remains on display at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston (© Josh Reynolds/AP)(1990) $500 million worth of art nabbed
Disguised as cops, brazen thieves enter Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and make off with 13 invaluable artworks, including paintings by Vermeer and Rembrandt. The crime will remain unsolved.
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum or Fenway Court, as the museum was known during Isabella Stewart Gardner’s lifetime, is a museum in the Fenway-Kenmore neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, located within walking distance of the Museum of Fine Arts and near the Back Bay Fens. The museum houses an art collection of world importance, including significant examples of European, Asian, and American art, from paintings and sculpture to tapestries and decorative arts. In 1990, thirteen of the museum’s works were stolen; the high-profile crime remains unsolved and the location of the artworks is still unknown.
Website: www.gardnermuseum.org
Address: 25 Evans Way, Boston, MA 02115
Phone: (617) 566-1401
Established: 1903
Architects: Willard T. Sears · William T. Sears
Founder: Isabella Stewart Gardner

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