1962The first transatlantic TV transmission via satellite was made between the United States and Europe, showing live footage of the French National Day Parade in Paris.
Skylab Re-Enters the Earth's Atmosphere
1979The abandoned United States space station Skylab re-entered the Earth's atmosphere and broke up over the Indian Ocean and Western Australia.
"To Kill a Mockingbird" Published
1960Harper Lee's iconic novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird," was published on this day. The book became a classic, known for its sensitive treatment of racial injustice in the American South, and won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1961.