Archive for July 31st, 2022

HEAT RECORD SET IN PORTLAND, OREGON

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PORTLAND, Ore. — A new heat record was broken Sunday,
July 31 in Portland. The last time was 40 years ago.

The temperature bypassed 95 degrees for the seventh consecutive day.

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STAR TREK ACTRESS HAS PASSED AT AGE 89

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Nichelle Nichols (Grace Dell Nichols)
(December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022)

Actress, singer and dancer Nichelle Nichols is best
known for her portrayal of
Nyota Uhura in Star Trek:
The Original Series
, and its film sequels. Nichols’
portrayal was ground-breaking for
African American
actresses on
American television. From 1977 until
2015, Nichols volunteered her time to promote
NASAs programs, and to recruit diverse astronauts,
including women and ethnic minorities. Nichols died
of natural causes.

 

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BASKETBALL GREAT HAS DIED AT AGE 88

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William Felton Russell (February 12, 1934 – July 31, 2022)

Russell is widely considered to be one of the greatest
basketball players of all-time.

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BRITISH AUTHOR IS 57 YEARS YOUNG TODAY

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Joanne Rowling,  better known by her pen name J. K. Rowling,
is a British author and
philanthropist. She wrote Harry Potter,
a seven-volume
children’s fantasy series published from 1997
to 2007. The series has
sold over 500 million copies, been
translated into at least 70 languages, and spawned a global
media franchise
including films and video games. The Casual
Vacancy
(2012) was her first novel for adults. She writes
Cormoran Strike, an ongoing
crime fiction series, as Robert
Galbraith.

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FIRST CLOSE-UP LOOK AT THE MOON IN 1964

Ranger 7 took this image, the first picture of the moon by a U.S. spacecraft, on July 31, 1964 at 13:09 UT (9:09 AM EDT), about

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Ranger 7, an unmanned U.S. lunar probe, took the first close-up
images of the moon—4,308 in total—before it impacts with the
lunar surface northwest of the Sea of Clouds. The images were
1,000 times as clear as anything ever seen through earth-bound telescopes.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) had attempted a similar mission earlier in the year—Ranger 6—but
the probe’s cameras had failed as it descended to the lunar
surface. Ranger 7, launched from Earth on July 28, successfully activated its cameras 17 minutes, or 1,300 miles, before impact
and began beaming the images back to NASA’s receiving station
in
California.


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An artist’s concept of NASA’s Ranger 7 approaching the
Moon.

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