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This Week in History Highlights from 1920s to 1990s
Key events include 1929 Martin Luther King Jr. born in Atlanta 2009 Sully Sullenberger’s Hudson River ditching 1920 Prohibition begins 1978 NASA names shuttle candidates Sally Ride first woman in space Guion Bluford first Black astronaut 1991 Allied forces defeat Iraq in Desert Storm 1993 MLK Jr holiday observed nationwide 1957 non stop jet world flight 1945 Roosevelt fourth term sworn in 1981 Iran hostage release 1942 pinball ban lifted 1977 Carter pardons Vietnam draft evaders.
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Martin Luther King Jr
Atlanta
US Airways
Chesley “Sully
Sullenberger
Hudson River
United States
U.S
NASA
Sally K. Ride
America
Guion S. Bluford Jr
White House
Kuwait
Eugene B. Ely
Pennsylvania
San Francisco
March Air Force Base
California
Detroit
New York City
Fiorello la Guardia
Jimmy Carter