What Happened Today in History?
Events
1968. Canada’s three military services, the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force, are unified into the Canadian Forces.
2003. Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates during reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard.
2004. Janet Jackson’s breast is exposed during the half-time show of Super Bowl XXXVIII, resulting in US broadcasters adopting a stronger adherence to Federal Communications Commission censorship guidelines.
Deaths
1850. Edward Baker Lincoln, son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln (b. 1846)
1963. Fleetwood Lindley, the last living person to see Abraham Lincoln’s face (b. 1888)
