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03/25 – Howl

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020Categories Featured, On This DayLeave a Comment on 03/25 – Howl

Ginsberg in San Francisco - site of a variety of American counter-culture movements - in the 1950s. (The Times of Israel) On this day in 1957, United States Customs authorities confiscated 520 print copies of Howl, a poem by American writer Allen Ginsberg. Howl - a groundbreaking poem written in "breath-length" form, a new style…

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11/03 – Laika

November 3, 2019November 12, 2019Categories On This DayLeave a Comment on 11/03 – Laika

A Mongolian Air Mail stamp depicting Laika. (source: Flickr) On this day in 1957 the Prosteyshiy Sputnik 2 (or, Elementary Satellite 2) spacecraft was launched by the USSR. Sputnik 2 sent Laika, a stray dog from Moscow, into outer space. Laika became the first living being to orbit the earth; tragically, the samoyed-husky mix died from exposure to…

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