Jerry Leventer

This Day In History: Tuesday, January 15, 2007

January 15th, 2008 · No Comments · Internet Marketing

2007: Comet McNaught made perigee after coming close to the sun

2005: ESA’s SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovered elements such as calcium, aluminum, silicon, iron and other surface elements on the moon

2001: Wikipedia went online

1986: HBO and Cinemax paid cable television services initiated scrambling their national satellite feeds

1943: The world’s largest office building, The Pentagon, was dedicated in Arlington, Virginia

1936: The first building to be completely covered in glass was completed in Toledo, Ohio

1885: Wilson Bentley took the first photograph of a snowflake

Happy Birthday:
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)
Lloyd Bridges (Sea Hunt, 70’s TV show) (1913-1998)

Source: IDG Connect

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