Non-musical history for today: 1962 – Telstar 1 relayed the first publicly transmitted, live trans-Atlantic television program, featuring Walter Cronkite. Telstar 1 is still orbiting the planet. But it is defunct because just 7 months into its operations, it died after Starfish Prime, a high-altitude nuclear test by the USA, fried its innards. Way to go, ‘Merica.
Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for July 23.
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