2005: American actor Bob Denver, who was perhaps best known for portraying the title character in the hit TV series Gilligan's Island (1964–67), died in North Carolina. [Test your knowledge of pop culture.]
1998:Swissair flight 111 crashed off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada, killing all 229 on board; it was later determined that faulty wires had caused the plane's flammable insulation to catch fire.
1928: American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader Horace Silver, who was an exemplary performer of what came to be called the hard bop style of the 1950s and '60s, was born. [Take our music quiz.]
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Newsletter for Sunday 20 September. Click to open this Newsletter in your browser TODAY IN SCIENCE HISTORY NEWSLETTER • 20 SEPTEMBER Feature for Today On 20 Sep 1842, Sir James Dewar was born, a Scottish chemist and physicist whose research with …Read More
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