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    LEONA HELMSLEY
    August 30, 1989 - U.S.A.

    Leona Helmsley the billionaire New York City hotel operator and real estate investor is convicted and sentenced to 16 years in prison ( Later Most charges were dropped and she served served 18 months in federal prison ) 1 count of conspiracy to defraud the United States. 3 counts of tax evasion. 3 counts of filing false personal tax returns. 10 counts of mail fraud. She is best known for a quote to a former housekeeper Elizabeth Baum when asked about her taxes. "We don't pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes."

    FIRST BLACK ASTRONAUT
    August 30, 1983 - United States

    Guion S. Bluford Jr. became the first black American astronaut to travel in space, aboard the third flight of the shuttle Challenger on the eighth Space Shuttle Mission. This was the first mission to launch and land at night. During 98 orbits of the Earth in 145 hours, the crew deployed the Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1B); operated the Canadian-built Remote Manipulator System with the Payload Flight Test Article; operated the Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System with live cell samples; conducted medical measurements to understand biophysiological effects on space flight. STS-8 landed on 5 Sep 1983. By 1992, Bluford had spent 688 hours on four space shuttle flights.

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Lipiko Tours est une agence de voyages en Bolivie et un tour opérateur en Bolivie pour tous vos voyages en Bolivie mais aussi pour vos voyages au Pérou, au Chili, en Argentine. En tant que voyagiste en Bolivie Lipiko Tours organise des circuits en groupe, voyages accompagnés, circuits organisés et des voyages sur mesure tel que le Kayak au lac Titicaca ou en Amazonie, de la plongée au lac Titicaca, du trek en Bolivie et des randonnées en Cordillère royale, l’andinisme dans les plus belles montagnes en Bolivie, des expéditions 4x4 en Bolivie et des tours au Salar de Uyuni le désert blanc et le Sud Lipez, des circuits en Amazonie en jungle et en pampa. Découvrez le tourisme en Bolivie ainsi que les séjours les plus étonnants pour vos vacances en Bolivie.

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