The Space Shuttle Columbia launched for its 28th space mission on January 16, 2003.
There were seven astronauts on board the shuttle. The astronauts were Captain David Brown, Commander Laurel Clark, Lt. Colonel Michael Anderson, Colonel Rick Husband and Commander William McCool
Related On This Day
Soumitra Chatterjee, an Indian actor, dramatist, and poet, was born in Calcutta, British India, in 1935
Javed Akhtar, an Indian lyricist, poet, and screenwriter, was born in Gwalior, India, in 1945.
Muhammad Ali, alias Cassius Clay, was born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1942.
David Michael Bautista, an American actor and former professional wrestler, was born on January 18, 1969.
At the age of 56, Maharana Pratap, Rajput ruler of Mewar, dies from injuries received in a hunting accident in 1597.
In 1990, a watershed moment occurred in the migration of hundreds of thousands of Kashmiri Hindus from Indian-administered Kashmir as a result of violence from the Muslim majority.
Hedy Lamarr, an Austrian-American actress and inventor, died of heart failure in 2000 at the age of 86.
Kabir Bedi, an Indian actor, was born in Lahore, Pakistan, in 1945.
In 2016, Asin Thottumkal, the actress from "Ghajini," married Micromax co-founder Rahul Sharma in India.
In 1990, The Kashmiri Pandit Community was forced out of their Homes, and a Genocide took place on the streets of Kashmir
Vinod Kambli, who was born on January 18, 1972, is a former left-handed middle order batsman for India
Jim Carrey, a Canadian-American actor, was born in Ontario, Canada in 1962.
Michelle Obama, the first African-American First Lady of the United States, was born in DeYoung, Illinois in 1964.