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Daily Archive for October 18th, 2011

October 18

1967 Russia’s Venera 4 spacecraft landed on Venus and became the first spacecraft to measure the atmosphere of another planet. The sensors sent back data detailing the pressure, temperature and gas composition of the planet’s atmosphere. 1954 Texas Instruments introduced the world’s first transistor radio, the Regency TR-1. 1922 The British Broadcasting Company Ltd (BBC) [...]

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