The Soviet Union inaugurates the âSpace Ageâ with its launch of Sputnik, the worldâs first artificial satellite. The spacecraft, named Sputnik after the Russian word for âsatellite,â was launched at 10:29 p.m.+E Networks. The successful launch of the unmanned satellite Sputnik I by the Soviet Union in October 1957 shocks and frightens many Americans. As the tiny satellite orbited the earth, Americans reacted with dismay that the Soviets could have gotten so far ahead of the supposedly technologically superior United States.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Minong is a town in Washburn County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 858 at the 2000 census. The Village of Minong is located within the town.
âCong is one of the most beautiful and picturesque villages in Ireland surrounded by The Quiet Man film locations, Connemara countryside, nestled between Lough Mask and Lough Corrib, just 24 miles from Westport and Galway,â notes the Quiet Man Holiday Centre, loctaed in County Mayo.