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The World's Lowest Temperature is Recorded

The World's Lowest Temperature is Recorded

1983

The world's lowest temperature on record, -128.6 °F (-89.2 °C), was recorded at the Soviet Union's Vostok Station in Antarctica.

Ernest Hemingway Was Born

Ernest Hemingway Was Born

1899

Renowned American writer Ernest Hemingway was born on this day in Oak Park, Illinois.

NASA's Final Space Shuttle Mission Ended

NASA's Final Space Shuttle Mission Ended

2011

The space shuttle Atlantis landed at Kennedy Space Center, marking the end of NASA's Space Shuttle program. This program had completed 135 missions over 30 years​.

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