January 28 in Firearms History

1 date for gun owners on January 28

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  1. Anniversary1986 · 40 years ago

    U.S. space shuttle Challenger disaster

    U.S. space shuttle Challenger explodes over Atlantic Ocean
    January 28, 1986

    • 72 seconds after liftoff
    • killing the seven crew members
      - five NASA astronauts
      - one payload specialist
      - and a civilian school teacher.
    • the tenth flight of Space Shuttle Challenger