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First Transatlantic TV Transmission via Satellite

First Transatlantic TV Transmission via Satellite

1962

The first transatlantic TV transmission via satellite was made between the United States and Europe, showing live footage of the French National Day Parade in Paris.

Skylab Re-Enters the Earth's Atmosphere

Skylab Re-Enters the Earth's Atmosphere

1979

The abandoned United States space station Skylab re-entered the Earth's atmosphere and broke up over the Indian Ocean and Western Australia.

"To Kill a Mockingbird" Published

"To Kill a Mockingbird" Published

1960

Harper Lee's iconic novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird," was published on this day. The book became a classic, known for its sensitive treatment of racial injustice in the American South, and won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1961.

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