January 28, 1986
The last known photo of Challenger crew boarding the space shuttle. The crew consisted of five NASA astronauts and two payload specialists. The exact timing of the crew's death is unknown; several members of the crew are known to have survived the spacecraft's breakup, but there was no escape system, and the impact of the crew compartment at terminal velocity with the ocean surface was too violent for anyone to have survived.
Nuremberg Trials, 1945
German war criminals laugh at a translation error during the Nuremberg Trials. The Nuremberg Trials were a series of military tribunals held after WWII which uncovered the German leadership that supported the Nazi regime. Of the 177 defendants, 24 were sentenced to death, 20 to lifelong imprisonment, and 98 other prison sentences. 25 defendants were found not guilty.