WHEN a coelacanth, a type of lobe-finned fish once considered the missing link between fishand amphibians, was found off the coast of South Africa in 1938, it came as a shock topalaeontologists. Until then, the most recent traces of such a creature had been in rocksdating from the last days of the dinosaurs, 65m years […]
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By John D. Cox | Tue Apr 27, 2010 12:11 AM ET It may come as little surprise and no comfort to survivors of the weekend tragedy in Mississippi, but recent research confirms that they are living in the most dangerous region in the most dangerous tornado country in the world. “Tornado Alley” is an unofficial term
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April 16, 2011 Storm Kills at Least 35 in 6 States By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A furious storm system that kicked up tornadoes, flash floods and hail as big as softballs has claimed at least 35 lives on a rampage that began in Oklahoma days ago, then smashed across several Southern
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Apollo 13 returns to Earth, 1970 AMERICAN REVOLUTION Colbert launches raid on Fort Carlos, Arkansas, 1783 AUTOMOTIVE Ford Mustang debuts at World’s Fair, 1964 CIVIL WAR Battle of Plymouth, North Carolina, begins, 1864 COLD WAR The Bay of Pigs invasion begins, 1961 CRIME A single horsehair uncovers a murderer, 1936 DISASTER Volcanic eruption kills 80,000,
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Wars and Battles, April 14-19, 1961 The Bay of Pigs invasion was intended to provoke popularity for an uprising against Fidel Castro, who had overthrown American-backed dictatorFulgencio Batista. Instead, it gave Castro a military victory and a permanent symbol of Cuban resistance to American aggression. The Bay of Pigs was not originally John F. Kennedy‘s idea. As
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