From the Navy News Service
1960 – The Navy demonstrates the value of moon communication relay, which is used in fleet broadcasts.
1962 – USS Cook (APD 130) rescues 25 survivors after a section of the Panamanian tanker SS Stanvac Sumatra broke in two in the South China Sea.
1986 – The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes, killing Cmdr. Michael Smith and six other astronauts.
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