Amaya Toman Tsoka ilo, mbiri imakhalanso ndi zochitika zosayembekezereka. Chimodzi mwa izi ndi kuwonongeka kwa chombo chotchedwa Challenger, chomwe chinachitika kumapeto kwa January 1986. Kuwonjezera pa chochitika chomvetsa chisonichi, m'ndandanda wa lero tidzakumbukiranso kugula kwa ntchito ya GeoCities ndi Yahoo.
Izo zikhoza kukhala chidwi inu
The Destruction of the Challenger (1986)
January 28 inalembedwa mu zilembo zakuda mu mbiri ya zakuthambo. Kuwonongeka komvetsa chisoni kwa chombo cha m’mlengalenga cha Challenger kunachitika tsiku limenelo. Challenger poyambilira amayenera kukhazikitsidwa pa Januware 22, koma pazifukwa zogwirira ntchito, kukhazikitsidwako kudayimitsidwa mpaka Januware 28. Kuphatikiza apo, panali kuchedwa kwina kwa maola awiri patsiku loyambira chifukwa cha zovuta zamakompyuta. Ena amakayikira chitetezo cha Launch chifukwa chakuti kutentha pamalowo kunagwera pansi pa ziro, koma pambuyo pa msonkhano wa atolankhani anaganiza kuti Challenger kungowulukira kutali. Kukhazikitsa kunachitika nthawi ya 11:38 nthawi ya komweko, ogwira ntchitoyo anali Francis Scobee, Michael Smith, Ellison Onizuka, Judith Resnik, Gregory Jarvis, Christa McAuliffer ndi Ronald McNair.
Palibe amene adawona utsi wakuda ukuchokera kudera la injini poyambira. Mphindi yoyamba ya ndegeyo inadutsa popanda mavuto aakulu, koma pang'onopang'ono utsi ndi moto unayamba kuonekera. Tanki yayikulu yamafuta idawonongeka ndipo hydrogen yomwe idathawa idayaka, kutsatiridwa ndi kuphulika kwa tanki yamafuta. Mboni zowona ndi maso zinatha kuona mmene shuttleyo inasinthira kukhala mpira wamoto, umene zidutswazo zinalekanitsidwa pang’onopang’ono, n’kusiya mitsinje ya utsi wautsi. Kulumikizana ndi shuttle kunasweka, injini zinapitiriza kuwuluka. Chifukwa cha nkhawa zokhudzana ndi kuthekera kwa kukhudzidwa m'malo okhala anthu, kudziwononga kwawo kudalamulidwa. Palibe aliyense mwa ogwira nawo ntchito amene adapulumuka ngoziyi.
Yahoo amagula GeoCities (1999)
Pa Januware 28, 1999, Yahoo idapeza nsanja ya GeoCities kwa $3,65 biliyoni. Inali ntchito yogwiritsira ntchito intaneti yomwe inayamba ntchito zake ku 1994. GeoCities inakhazikitsidwa ndi David Bohnett ndi John Rezner. Mu mtundu woyambirira, maphwando achidwi nthawi zonse amasankha "mzinda" pomwe ma hyperlink a masamba awo adalembedwa. Mizinda yodziwika bwino idatchedwa mizinda yeniyeni kapena madera, pamene zomwe zilimo nthawi zonse zinali zokhudzana ndi mafakitale omwe mzinda woperekedwawo unalumikizidwa - pansi pa SiliconValley inagwa malo okhudzana ndi makompyuta, pansi pa Hollywood, mwachitsanzo, malo okhudzana ndi zosangalatsa.
