Ranger 7, an unmanned U.S. lunar probe, took the first close-up
images of the moon—4,308 in total—before it hit 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.
In July 1969, two Americans walked on the moon in the first
Apollo Program lunar landing mission.
TIM MAGUIRE
Carlos Humberto Santana Barragán is 78 years old today.
In 2023, Rolling Stone named him the 11th greatest guitarist
of all time. He has won 10 Grammy Awards and three Latin
Grammy Awards, and was inducted along with his namesake
band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.
SANDY KOZEL
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994)
was the 37th president of the United States, serving from
1969 until his resignation in 1974.
