On This Date in History - January 14

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Quote Of The Day

In a chaotic universe, God fits naturally into the role of riverboat gambler.
Joseph Ford

Who Was Born Today?:

1943: Shannon Lucid, born in Shanghai, China, astronaut, STS 51G, 34, 43, 58, 76/79

Who Died Today?:

1742: Edmund Halley
1966: Sergei Korolev, leader of Soviet space program and Russian space station constructor, age 59, from a failed hemorrhoid operation.

Today in History:

1610: Galileo Galilei points his newly developed telescope at the sky and observes craters and mountains on the Moon, moving spots on the Sun, four moons revolving around Jupiter, the phases of Venus, and the almost innumerable stars of the Milky Way. Jan 4 thru 15, 1610 are called by some the most important days in the history of astronomy.

1958: Sen. L.B. Johnson urges U.S. to ask all nations to join "this adventure into outer space" in radio address.

1961: Final assembly of first Saturn flight vehicle (SA-1) was completed.

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