1610 - Galileo discovers three satellites of Jupiter, Io, Europa & Ganymede
1785 - 1st balloon flight across English Channel (Jean Pierre Blanchard & John Jeffries)
1927 - The first transatlantic telephone service is established – from New York, New York to London, England.
1960 - Polaris missile is test launched.
1968 - Surveyor 7 the last spacecraft in the Surveyor series, lifts off from launch complex 36A, Cape Canaveral.
CHRISTMAS FOR THE ORTHODOX