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FearlessF · « **Reply #5740 on:** November 03, 2025, 09:56:59 AM »

THIS DAY IN HISTORY:

Laika the Dog Launched into Outer Space (1957)
Soviet scientists found her wandering the streets of Moscow. Nicknamed Laika, or "Barker," the little stray dog was recruited because she had already learned to withstand hunger and cold—two things she might experience in space. After intensive training, Laika became the first animal to be launched into orbit. Though she survived the launch—and even ate some food while in orbit—her capsule was not designed for a return trip. Within hours, she overheated and died.

FearlessF · « **Reply #5741 on:** November 03, 2025, 03:20:44 PM »

On this day 63 years ago, Nebraska’s Memorial Stadium sellout streak began. 🏈

More than 36,000 fans filled the venue for a homecoming game against Missouri.

The Cornhuskers lost that Oct. 2, 1962 game 16-7, but the sellout marked the beginning of what would become college football’s longest active consecutive sellout streak.

The streak has continued for more than six decades, encompassing more than 400 games at Memorial Stadium.

FearlessF · « **Reply #5742 on:** **Today** at 08:48:22 AM »

THIS DAY IN HISTORY:

Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin Is Assassinated (1995)
Rabin was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994 for his role in the historic Oslo Accords—widely considered a major milestone in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process—but not everyone supported the treaty, which stipulated that Israel would withdraw from certain contested Palestinian territories. Following a Tel Aviv peace rally, Rabin was shot and killed by Yigal Amir, an extremist Israeli law student who opposed Rabin's peace efforts.

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