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The 114-day Battle of Britain began during World War II on this
day in 1940.

The Telstar Communications satellite was launched on this day
in 1962. The satellite relayed TV and telephone signals between
Europe and the U.S.

It was on this day in 1850.

A statue of Millard Fillmore, outside of City Hall in Buffalo,
New York.

Woodstock Promo Photo

Arlo Davy Guthrie is 70 years old today.

Arlo Guthrie’s only top-40 hit was a cover of Steve Goodman‘s "City
of New Orleans". His song "Massachusetts" was named the official
folk song of the state in which he has lived most of his adult life. He
has also made several acting appearances.

ED DANAHUE

                  
                     The launching of Apollo 8.

Jane Fonda (born Jayne Seymour Fonda) is 79 today.

Jane Fonda dropped out of Vassar College to become a fashion model. She is
a two-time Academy Award winner and two time BAFTA Award winner. In 2014,
she was the recipient of the American Film Institute AFI Life Achievement Award.

1979

Gemini 7 on the launch pad.

Gemini 7 was a manned spaceflight in NASA‘s Gemini program. It was the
fourth manned Gemini flight, the twelfth manned American flight and the
twentieth manned spaceflight including Soviet flights and X-15 flights above
the Kármán line. The crew of Frank F. Borman, II and James A. Lovell, Jr
spent nearly 14 days in space, making a total of 206 orbits. Their spacecraft
was the passive target for the first manned space rendezvous performed by
the crew of Gemini 6A.

From left: James A. Lovell, Jr. and Frank F. Borman, ll

The lift-off of Mercury-Atlas 5 carrying space chimp "Enos" from
Kennedy Space Center.

The NASA Public Affairs Office issued a press release stating "The men in
charge of Project Mercury have insisted on orbiting the chimpanzee as a
necessary preliminary checkout of the entire Mercury program before risking
a human astronaut." prior to the flight.

The craft orbited the Earth twice and splashed down about 200 miles south of
Bermuda.

Enos in his flight couch prior to being put into Mercury capsule.

The Mariner 4 spacecraft.

Mariner 4 (together with Mariner 3 known as Mariner–Mars 1964) was the fourth
in a series of spacecraft intended for planetary exploration in a flyby mode. It was designed to conduct close up scientific observations of Mars and to transmit these observations to Earth. Mariner 4 performed the first successful flyby of the planet
Mars, returning the first pictures of the Martian surface. On December 21, 1967 communications with Mariner 4 were terminated.
 

                  
                     Launch of Mariner 4.

The clearest Mariner 4 image showing craters.