1777 – Congress passes a resolution that commissions French aristocrat
Lafayette (pictured) as a major-general of the United States army. Lafayette would become a key military leader in the
Revolutionary War.
1964 – The
space probeRanger 7 sends back the first close-up photographs of the
moon. The images are a thousand times clearer than anything ever seen from earth-bound
telescopes.
1777 – The
United States Congress passes a resolution that the services of
Marquis de Lafayette "be accepted, and that, in consideration of his zeal, illustrious family and connexions, he have the rank and commission of major–general of the
United States."
1964 –
Ranger program:
Ranger 7 sends back the first close–up photographs of the
moon, with images 1,000 times clearer than anything ever seen from earth–bound
telescopes.