Thursday, January 17, 2019

January 15

On This Day in...
1965 – The Who release their first UK single I Can't Explain.

1969 – The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 5.

2001 – Wikipedia, a free wiki content encyclopedia, debuts online.

2005 – ESA's SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers elements such as calcium, aluminum, silicon, iron, and other surface elements on the Moon.
Happy Birthday to...
Giovanni Segantini

Eugène Brands


Lee Bontecou


Andreas Gursky



Cronos


Lisa Lisa


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