Doesn’t it seem like it was just yesterday…?<\/p>\n
1939<\/b> — Germany invades Poland, marking the beginning of World War II.<\/p>\n
1969<\/b> — Muammar al-Qaddafi (27) launches a coup against Libya’s King Idris I.<\/p>\n
1983<\/b> — Korean Air Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet Union jet fighter. All 269 on board perish.<\/p>\n
1985<\/b> — Some French and American guys (and gals?) find the RMS Titanic<\/i> about 400 miles east of Newfoundland.<\/p>\n
2010<\/b> — President Obama declares an end to US combat operations in Iraq.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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