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July 10, 2009 - Space Shuttle Endeavour is ready for launch tomorrow for its mission to the International Space Station, according to NASA.
 
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Telstar 1 launched: 10 July 1962 - This Day in History

Telstar 1, the first communications satellite to transmit live television signals and telephone conversations across the Atlantic Ocean, was launched this day in 1962, inaugurating a new age in electronic communications.

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1985: The Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior was sunk by two bomb explosions while berthed in Auckland Harbour, New Zealand.

1973: The Bahamas gained independence from Britain within the Commonwealth.

1925: The Scopes Trial began in Dayton, Tennessee, with William Jennings Bryan arguing for the prosecution and Clarence Darrow for the defense.

1609: The Catholic League was formed by Maximilian I, duke of Bavaria, and the Catholic powers in Germany.

1584: William I, first of the hereditary stadholders of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, was assassinated.


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  • Fallen soldiers return home

    Fallen soldiers return home

    July 9, 2009 - Seven soldiers who gave the ultimate sacrifice and lost their lives while serving in Afghanistan returned home yesterday to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.

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  • G8 Summit opens today

    G8 Summit opens today

    July 8, 2009 - President Barack Obama is in Italy today for the opening of the G-8 Summit. The president stopped in Russia before going to Italy.

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  • More ducks quacking

    More ducks quacking

    July 7, 2009 - A new report issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS, has good news for ducks and the environment. There are 42 million ducks in the U.S.

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  • New moon images released

    New moon images released

    July 5, 2009 - NASA reports that its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has transmitted its first images since reaching lunar orbit June 23.

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  • Happy Fourth of July

    Happy Fourth of July

    July 4, 2009 - Today is the 233rd anniversary of the Second Continental Congress adopting the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia.

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