Happy 167th Birthday, Oregon! On February 14, 1859,
Oregon became the 33rd state in the U.S.. As the only
state to join the Union on Valentine’s Day.

Barney Keep with Bob Hazen of The Benj. Franklin Savings
& Loan Association who also had a radio show on KEX.

On Valentine’s Day, 1990, 3.7 billion miles away from the sun,
the Voyager 1 spacecraft took a photograph of Earth.

The picture, known as Pale Blue Dot, depicts our planet as a
nearly indiscernible speck roughly the size of a pixel.

Launched on September 5, 1977, Voyagers 1 and 2 were
charged with exploring the outer reaches of our solar
system.