NASA launched Mariner 2 on 27th August 1962 and other events in history | Oneindia News
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NASA launched Mariner 2 on 27th August 1962 and other events in history | Oneindia News
On August 27, 1859 the first oil well was successfully drilled in the US.Part of NASA’s Mariner program, the unmanned space probe was the first man-made object to flyby another planet – it encountered Venus on December 14, 1962.
The space probe made its last contact with scientists on Earth on January 3, 1963.
On 27th August 1991, Moldova gained its Independence.
Titanic became the first movie in north america to earn more than $600 million.
Titanic is a 1997 American epic romance and disaster film directed, written, co-produced, and co-edited by James Cameron.
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