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Quote Of The Day
I have never been in any country where they did not do something better than we do it, think some thoughts better than we think, catch some inspiration from heights above our own.
Maria Mitchell(1818–1889)
Who Was Born Today?:
1946: William Frederick Fisher, Dallas Texas, MD/astronaut, STS-51-I
Who Died Today?:
Today in History:
374: Comet 1P/374 E1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0884 AUs of Earth
1960: First known weather observation satellite, TIROS I (Television Infra-Red Observation Satellite), launched into orbit by Thor-Able, and took pictures of earth's cloud cover on a global scale from 450 miles above until June 29. TIROS I was hailed as ushering in a new era of meteorological observing.
1965: Syncom 3, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, passes from civilian to military control.
1971: U.S. and Canada ISIS 2 launched to study ionosphere
1997: Comet Hale-Bopp Perihelion