Good News In History, August 19
Good News In History, August 19 61 years ago today, Syncom 3, the first geostationary communication satellite, was launched. Two months later, it would enable live coverage of the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. It was the third satellite in the Syncom project, which also included the world’s first geosynchronous satellite, Syncom 2. All three are still in orbit. READ more from on this day… (1964) The Syncom 2 satellite – public domain. MORE Good News on this Day: The Liberation of Paris commenced, with French resistance fighters uprising against German occupiers as rumors of the Allies’ advance energized the capital (1944) The Beatles launched their first North American tour, performing first in San Francisco—after having played concerts earlier that year in Washington D.C. and New York—all with the stipulation that the band would refuse all venues that excluded African Americans (1964) Polish President Jaruzelski nominated a Solidarity union activist to be the first non-communist Prime Mi…
