Apollo 5 was the first unmanned flight of the Apollo Lunar Module, which would
later carry astronauts to the Moon. It lifted off on Monday, January 22, 1968 with
a Saturn 1B rocket. The mission tested the Lunar Module in space environment
and the descent and ascent engine systems.

The first true Star Trek convention was held in New York beginning on Friday,
January 21, 1972 and ran through the 23rd. It was started by a small group
that collected enough money, and rented a hotel room ballroom, attracting a
group of like-minded fans,

James Doohan (“Scotty”) speaking to the crowd at an early Star Trek convention.

Leonard Nimoy speaking at the 2011 convention

Jackson DeForest Kelley (January 20, 1920 – June 11, 1999)

Actor DeForest Kelley was known for his iconic roles in Westerns and as
Dr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy of the USS Enterprise in the television and
film series Star Trek.

From left: Leonard Numoy, DeForest Kelley, and William Shatner are
shown in 1973 recording voices for Star Trek: The Animated Series.  

The Surveyor 7 landing site on the Moon 

On Tuesday, January 9, 1968, the Surveyor 7 space probe, the fifth and
final spacecraft of the Surveyor series, made a soft landing on the Moon,
marking the end of the American series of unmanned explorations of the
lunar surface. The primary objectives of the Surveyor program, a series
of seven robotic lunar soft landing flights, were to support the coming
manned Apollo landings. The Surveyor program had a total price tag
of $469 million.   

Sir Isaac Newton (25 December 1642 – 20 March 1727)   

Newton was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian. He is considered by many to be the greatest and most influential scientist whoever lived.

Sir Isaac Newton’s First Law of Motion