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Today In History – March 23 – NASA Launches Gemini 3, First Two-Man Space Flight

OK enters national vernacular – U.S. plane shot down over Laos – NASA launches Gemini 3 – Reagan calls for new antimissile technology – Mexican presidential candidate assassinated – Titanic wins 11 Academy Awards

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Today In History – March 19 – War In Iraq Begins

First U.S. air combat mission begins – Nevada legalizes gambling – First Academy Awards telecast on NBC – C-SPAN Goes Live -War in Iraq begins

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Today In History – February 18 – First Academy Awards announced

First Academy Awards announced, Snow falls in the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria for the only time in recorded history, Dale Earnhardt killed in crash

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