1957 The Soviet space dogCan you imagine the hemorrhoid PETA would have popped nowdays?
The Soviet Union launches the first animal into space--a dog name Laika--aboard the Sputnik 2 spacecraft.
Laika, part Siberian husky, lived as a stray on the Moscow streets before being enlisted into the Soviet space program. Laika survived for several days as a passenger in the USSR's second artificial Earth satellite, kept alive by a sophisticated life-support system. Electrodes attached to her body provided scientists on the ground with important information about the biological effects of space travel. She died after the batteries of her life-support system ran down.
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1928 Mickey Mouse debutsAh, old school cartoons are the best. In fact, I have Looney Toons DVD's. Now they keep getting stupider.
Cartoon star Mickey Mouse appears in Steamboat Willie, an animated short produced by Walt Disney. Steamboat Willie was the first fully synchronized sound cartoon ever produced, with Mickey's squeaky voice provided by Walt Disney himself.
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Maybe I grew up? Nah.
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