1860 – The discovery of the planet Vulcan is announced at a meeting of the French Academy of Sciences in Paris, France.
1920 - The second Palmer Raid takes place(during a period known as the first "Red Scare")with another 6,000 suspected communists and anarchists arrested and held without trial. These raids take place in several U.S. cities.
1959 - The first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of Earth's moon is launched by the Soviet Union
Happy Birthday to...
Isaac Asimov
Which means it's also National Science Fiction Day.
David Mckee
David Bailey
photo of Jean Shrimpton (1962)
Robert Smithson
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