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August 12, 1960 in History
Event:
Echo 1, 1st communications satellite, is launched

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communications
Echo
launched
satellite

Related Year:
1960

Related Events:
August 12
 More Notable Events on August 12:
1994 Stephen G. Breyer, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice
1981 IBM introduces PC and PC-DOS version 1.0
1977 Space shuttle Enterprise makes 1st atmospheric flight
1953 Soviet Union conducts secret test of its 1st hydrogen bomb
1898 Hawaii formally annexed to U.S.
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