We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used to loving. Friedrich Nietzsche
20 people died in the Cavalese cable car disaster
The wings of a low-flying U.S. military aircraft cut the aerial tramway’s cables, causing the cabin to plunge 80 meters.
Paraguay’s dictator, Alfredo Stroessner, was overthrown
Stroessner had come to power in 1954 with a military coup.
The deadliest snowstorm in history killed 4000
The Iran Blizzard lasted a week and left whole villages without survivors.
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Yasser Arafat became leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
Even after his death in 2011, Arafat remained a highly controversial figure, many Arabs praising him as a freedom fighter while many Israelis denouncing him as a terrorist.
1966 Luna 9 touched down on the Moon
The unmanned Soviet spacecraft was the first to achieve a soft landing there.