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FearlessF · « **Reply #5964 on:** January 06, 2026, 08:38:09 AM »

THIS DAY IN HISTORY:

Figure Skater Nancy Kerrigan Is Attacked (1994)
Shortly before the 1994 Winter Olympics, Kerrigan was clubbed in the knee in an attack that had been planned by the ex-husband of Tonya Harding, one of Kerrigan's rivals for a place on the US Olympic team. Footage of Kerrigan's reaction to the attack was replayed heavily on television, and the story became a media sensation. Despite the injury, Kerrigan won an Olympic silver medal. Harding also performed, but poorly.

FearlessF · « **Reply #5965 on:** **Today** at 08:32:57 AM »

THIS DAY IN HISTORY:

First Crossing of the English Channel by Air (1785)
In the dangerous, early days of balloon flight, French inventor Jean-Pierre Blanchard became the first person to travel across the English Channel by air. Not long after, another pair of balloonists attempted to repeat this feat, but the two were killed when their balloon exploded. Blanchard himself eventually died in a ballooning accident, and his widow suffered a similar fate about a decade later.

FearlessF · « **Reply #5966 on:** **Today** at 08:44:53 AM »

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