An Atlas rocket leaves the launch pad at Cape Canaveral with Mariner
2 on board

Mariner 2 was the first robotic space probe to conduct a successful planetary
encounter when it passed within 22,000 miles of Venus on December 14, 1962.

 
Dr. William H. Pickering, (center) Jet Propulsion Laboratory Director, is
presenting a Mariner 2 spacecraft model to President John F. Kennedy 
in 1963.

Sandy Kozel

Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974)

A 23 year old Debbie Reynolds recorded “Tammy” for the film "Tammy and
the Bachelor.” The song earned her a gold record and was the best-selling
single by a female vocalist in 1957. The song spent 23 weeks on the "Top
40" charts. It was number one for five weeks on the Billboard pop charts
and was nominated for a "Best Song" Academy Award in 1957, but lost to
"All The Way" from the film, "The Joker Is Wild."