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Today in History – February 6

1998 – Washington National Airport is renamed Reagan National Airport.

Reagan National Airport (DCA) (Google Maps)
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Reagan National Airport (DCA)

1959 – At Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 15, Florida, the first successful test firing of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile is accomplished.

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 15 (Google Maps)
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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 15

Titan missiles waiting to be scrapped (Birds Eye)
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Titan missiles waiting to be scrapped
HGM 25 Titan I rocket (StreetView)
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HGM 25 Titan I rocket

Titan I missile on 'Confederate Air Force Pad No. 1' (StreetView)
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Titan I missile on 'Confederate Air Force Pad No. 1'

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