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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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LABOR UNION LEADER DISAPPEARED IN 1975

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James Riddle Hoffa
(born February 14, 1913 – disappeared July 30, 1975)
(
declared dead July 30, 1982)

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THE LAST VIDEO RENTAL STORE STANDING!

The Last Blockbuster storefront.jpg

Blockbuster (colloquially known as The Last Blockbuster)
is a
video rental store in Bend, Oregon. In 2019, it became
the world’s last remaining retail store using the
Blockbuster brand.

The store continued to operate without laying off staff
during the
COVID-19 pandemic.        
        

    
    
    
    
   


(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

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THE “TERMINATOR” IS 75 YEARS OLD TODAY

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Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is an Austrian-American actor, film producer, businessman, former bodybuilder and politician who
served as the 38th governor of California between 2003 and 2011.

As of 2022, he is the most recent Republican governor of California.

Time magazine named Schwarzenegger one of the 100 most
influential people in the world in 2004 and 2007. 

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PROGRAM SIGNED INTO LAW ON THIS DAY

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President Lyndon Johnson signs Medicare Bill into law as former President Harry Truman watches.

On July 30, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare,
a health insurance program for elderly Americans, into law. At the
bill-signing ceremony, which took place at the Truman Library in Independence,
Missouri, former President Harry Truman was
enrolled as Medicare’s first beneficiary and received the first
Medicare card.

Johnson wanted to recognize Truman, who, in 1945, had become
the first president to propose national health insurance, an initiative
that was opposed at the time by Congress.

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