In 1967 – The first US astronauts died in the line of duty. Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee were killed on the launch pad when a flash fire engulfed their command module during testing for the first Apollo-Saturn mission.
In 2006 – Western Union discontinued its Telegram and Commercial Messaging services. The company still handles money transfers.
In 2010 – Apple announced the iPad, a tablet computer running the same operating system as the iPhone.
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