A McDonnell Douglas MD-82 carrying Northwest Airlines flight 255 crashes on takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport killing 155 people onboard, with the sole survivor four-year old Cecelia Cichan).

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The Olympics have been with the world since 776 B.C., and have only been interrupted by war, especially in the modern era.

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1957

Wham-O Company produces the first Frisbee.