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1959 Monkeys Able and Baker zoom 300 mi (500 km) into space on Jupiter missile, became 1st animals retrieved from a space mission

1948 Dr. Frank G Back (New York City) patents lens to provide zoom effects

1948 Billy Zoom, born in Savanna, Illinois, musician, guitarist, founder of punk rock band X, Guitar Player named him greatest guitar player of all time in 2007, worked with Gene Vincent, rockabilly legend, as well as Etta James, Big Joe Turner

1947 Lens to provide zoom effects demonstrated in New York City

1747 French troops occupy Bergen on Zoom


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