The Soviet Union launched the first animal to orbit the earth
into space—a dog nicknamed Laika—aboard the Sputnik 2
spacecraft.

Laika (above) part Siberian husky, lived as a stray on the
Moscow streets before being enlisted into the Soviet space
program.

Electrodes attached to her body provided scientists on the
ground with important information about the biological
effects of space travel. She died from overheating and
panic.

Model of Sputnik 2 at the Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics
in Moscow.

The scene at Dunbar High School November 3, 1964 as
District of Columbia residents line up for their ballots
in a Presidential election.

On November 3, 1964, residents of the District of Columbia cast
their ballots in a presidential election for the first time since 1800.

The passage of the 23rd Amendment in 1961 gave citizens of the
nation’s capital the right to vote for a commander in chief and vice president. They went on to help Democrat Lyndon Johnson defeat Republican Barry Goldwater in 1964, the next presidential election.

A mansion in California that resembles the White House is
officially off the market after a buyer scooped it up in late
October.

According to Compass real estate agents, the seller fetched
$23 million in the Oct. 23 sale of the massive Hillsborough
home nick named the "Western White House."  

Agent Alex Buljan told FOX Business it was "one of the
priciest sales ever in Hillsborough."

The new owner will also be able to work out of a stately
office similar to the White House Oval Office.