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October 4th is the anniversary of the launch of Sputnik, the first man made satellite, by the Soviet Union.
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Tech&learning has a great link to a timeline about Sputnik's launch and the space race between the Soviet Union and the United States.
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NASA has a great site about Manned Space Flight, and some great timelines of the history of Spaceflight.