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Today in History – February 1

2003 – Space Shuttle Columbia, the first spaceworthy Space Shuttle in NASA’s orbital fleet, disintegrated during re-entry.

Space Shuttle Columbia
STS 107 Mission plaque-Columbia Disaster

2013 – A suicide bomber struck the American Embassy in Ankara, killing a Turkish security guard in what the White House described as a terrorist attack.

US Embassy, terrorist attack (February 1, 2013)