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2017-02-09

2017-02-09

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David Hahn
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David Hahn

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David Charles Hahn, sometimes called the "Radioactive Boy Scout" and the "Nuclear Boy Scout", was an American nuclear radiation enthusiast who attempted to build a homemade nuclear reactor at the age of seventeen.

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HTTP 404
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In HTTP, the 404 response status code indicates that a web client was able to communicate with a server, but the server…

Charles Oakley
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Charles Oakley
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Charles Oakley is an American former professional basketball player. Oakley is best known for playing 10 of his 19 seaso…

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On This Day

10 events
2020
Figure_skating
Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu won the Four Continents Championships to become the only man to complete a Super Slam.
2016
Bad_Aibling_rail_accident
Two commuter trains collided head-on at Bad Aibling in southeastern Germany, killing 12 people and injuring 85.
2001
USS_Greeneville
The American submarine USS Greeneville collided with the Ehime Maru, a Japanese training vessel operated by a high school, sinking the latter ship and killing nine people on board.
1996
GSI_Helmholtz_Centre_for_Heavy_Ion_Research
Researchers at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt, Germany, first created the chemical element copernicium.
1996
Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army
Breaking a seventeen-month ceasefire, the Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a powerful truck bomb in the London Docklands, killing two people and injuring more than a hundred others.
1976
Australian_Defence_Force
The Australian Defence Force (ensign pictured) was formed by the integration of the Australian Army, the Royal Australian Navy, and the Royal Australian Air Force.
1975
Soyuz_17
The spacecraft and crew of the Soviet Soyuz 17 mission returned to earth after 29 days in orbit at the Salyut 4 station.
1971
1971_San_Fernando_earthquake
An earthquake registering 6.6 Mw struck the northern San Fernando Valley near the Los Angeles district of Sylmar, killing 65 people.
1964
Beatlemania
As Beatlemania swept the United States, the Beatles (pictured) made their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show before a record-breaking audience, beginning a musical phenomenon known as the British Invasion.
1945
World_War_II
World War II: Allied aircraft unsuccessfully attacked a German destroyer in Førde Fjord, Norway.

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