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1987 Flight Readiness Firing of Discovery's main engines is successfully 1987 4th full-duration test firing of redesigned SRB motor 1985 Flight readiness firing of Atlantis' main engines; 20 seconds 1984 Flight readiness firing of Discovery's main engines 1983 2nd flight readiness firing of Challenger's main engines; 22 seconds 1982 Flight readiness firing of Challenger's main engines; 20 seconds 1981 Flight readiness firing of Columbia's main engines; 20 seconds 1979 1st space shuttle SRB qualification test firing; 122 seconds 1978 Thiokol conducts 2nd test firing of space shuttle's SRB 1976 Thiokol conducts 2-min firing of space shuttle's SRB at Brigham, Ut 1959 1st ship firing of a Polaris missile, Observation Island 1958 U.S. reports 1st full-range firing of an ICBM 1957 1st test firing of Vanguard satellite launch vehicle, TV-3 1956 1st test firing of Vanguard satellite program, TV-0 1949 1st firing of a U.S. Viking rocket; reached 80 km 1945 U.S. artillery lands on Keise Shima/begins firing on Okinawa 1944 Nazi troops executed 96 prisoners by firing squad 1943 Jeff Greenfield, born in New York City, media commentator, Firing Line, Nightline 1917 Mata Hari, Dutch dancer/German spy, executed by firing squad in Paris 1916 Padraic Pearse, Irishg nationalist, executed by British firing squad 1914 German army executed 150 Belgians by firing squad

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