The Soviet Lunokhod 1 became the first robotic lunar rover to land on the Moon’s surface.
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Sony released the PlayStation 3 console in North America.
This day marked the beginning of The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia.
Hundreds of people died after a New England Blizzard.
A sequel to LittleBigPlanet was released for the PlayStation Portable.
The crew aboard Japan Airlines Flight 1628 sighted three potential UFOs above Alaska.