Check out some of the events that took place on this day in history:

1986 Challenger Explosion

It was on this day back in 1986 that the Challenger US Space Shuttle exploded just a short time after take off resulting in the deaths of all of the seven astronauts on board.

BORN ON THIS DAY

  • 1955 – Nicolas Sarkozy, the French politician and President
  • 1912 – Jackson Pollock, the American painter

DIED ON THIS DAY