At 21,000 feet the flight ran into a severe thunderstorm and violent turbulence. A lightning strike ignited a fuel tank in the right wing and a massive explosion soon followed.
It's regarded as an important evolutionary missing link between fish and four-legged amphibians.
The puzzle was the brainchild of journalist Arthur Wynne, and he modeled it after a word game he had played as a child called "Magic Squares."
Taking his work very seriously, Robinson had a reputation for being hot-tempered when his stories were poorly edited or watered down.
One of the most dramatic comebacks in college football history happened on this day.
It was on this day that Australian Prime Minister Harry Holt disappeared into a sea of bubbles, never to be seen again.
It was on this night that one of the most infamous cartoons of all time aired on Japanese television.
It was on this day in Los Angeles that the Baldwin Hills Reservoir crumbled apart and released 250,000,000 gallons of water into the surrounding neighborhoods.
The Chinese River Dolphin or Baiji was declared functionally extinct on this day.
His ground-breaking development of a wheat strain that helped Pakistan and India double their wheat yield between 1965 and 1970.
By seizing the Washington Monument he hoped to capture the world's attention.
The photograph is one of only a few that shows the planet fully illuminated.
Edison stepped up to the machine and blurted out the first thing that popped into his head.