U.S. President Jimmy Carter’s motorcade leaves after touring Three Mile Island on April 1, 1979, a few days after the partial nuclear meltdown that occurred at the facility on March 28, releasing radioactive gases and radioactive iodine into the environment. No one was killed in the initial accident.
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U.S. President Jimmy Carter’s motorcade leaves after touring Three Mile Island on April 1, 1979, a few days after the partial nuclear meltdown that occurred at the facility on March 28, releasing radioactive gases and radioactive iodine into the environment. No one was killed in the initial accident.
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Headline in history: A partial meltdown at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania in 1979 became the most serious accident in U.S. commercial nuclear history.
On this date:
1939: Madrid falls to Gen. Francisco Franco, ending the Spanish Civil War.
1969: Former U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower dies.
1979: Three Mile Island accident raises nuclear safety concerns.
1984: A massive tornado outbreak hits the Carolinas, causing 57 deaths and 1,248 injuries.
1990: President George H.W. Bush awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously.
Born on this date:
Reba McEntire, American singer and actor (1955)
Bart Conner, American gymnast (1958)
Vince Vaughn, American actor (1970)
Lady Gaga, American singer and actor (1986)
Derek Carr, American NFL quarterback (1991)
Quote: “To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone, and a funny bone.” — Reba McEntire
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