In 1998, Sen. John Glenn, at age 77, returned to space aboard the shuttle Discovery, retracing the trail he had blazed as the first American to orbit the Earth 36 years earlier
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Ex // Top Stories Room at the inn: Oasis motel relaunches as official SF shelter The shelter relaunched on Wednesday after being saved from the brink of closure earlier this year In 1987, following the confirmation defeat of Robert H. Bork to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, President Ronald Reagan announced his next choice of Douglas H. Ginsburg, a nomination that fell apart over revelations of Ginsburg’s previous marijuana use.In 2004, Osama bin Laden, in a videotaped statement, directly admitted for the first time that he’d ordered the September 11 attacks, and told Americans “the best way to avoid another Manhattan” was to stop threatening Muslims’ security.
In 2017, all but 10 members of the Houston Texans took a knee during the national anthem, reacting to a remark from team owner Bob McNair to other NFL owners that “we can’t have the inmates running the prison.”
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