The Space Age Begins

It was a tiny object but its impact on the world was huge.

Thursday, October 4th, the 278th day of 2012

 

 

 

 

 

Today is International Toot Your Flute Day, a day to promote yourself.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Space Age officially began on October 4th, 1957, when the USSR launched the world’s first artificial satellite, “Sputnik I.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1988: Televangelist Jim Bakker is indicted on federal charges of mail and wire fraud and of conspiring to defraud the public.   And who can forget his lovely wife, Tammy Faye.

 

 

 

 

1970: A 27 year old rock and roll singer died of an overdose at the Landmark Motel in Hollywood – it was Janis Joplin.