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Feb. 6, 1935 — the demolition of the former Norfolk Landmark newspaper building, located on E. Main St. The office operated from 1870 to 1911, and on January 1, 1912, it was consolidated with the Virginian-Pilot. The Norfolk Waterside Marriott Hotel is located here today.
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78 years ago today, free bomb raid sand was offered in Norfolk at the corner of Westover and Hampton Blvd. Get your wagonload!
34 years ago today. The Space Shuttle Challenger exploded a little more than a minute after liftoff, killing all seven crew members. Michele McDonald, a photographer with the Virginian-Pilot and Ledger-Star, captured this photo of the explosion.
85 years ago today in Norfolk. Children playing on a frozen pond at the City Park.
50 years ago, the USS Yancey crashed into the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel closing the crossing for more than a month. @FollowTheGulls
"War Today" ran daily on the front page of The Virginian-Pilot. 75 years ago, Allied forces were making advances in Pacific and European theaters.
Did you participate in the 1960 sit-in movement? We’re looking for people who participated in the protests, counter-protests or worked in the stores and remember that time. pilotonline.com/history/vp-nw-…
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