Today’s event in history is one I love and if you’re a fun of space exploration, you would love it too.

The United States of America has a number space programmes; the first most successful, the Apollo – which first landed a man on the moon – and then the Space Shuttle, which came after Apollo. It started in 1972 and ended in 2011.

The second-to-last craft built in the Space Shuttle programme was the Orbiter Atlantis and it was the last to be launched.

Atlantis embarked on its 33rd and final mission on this day, July 8, 2011.

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It would take nine years before the US launched men into space from US soil, thanks to Space X.

Also, for the business folk, the famous Wall Street Journal was started on this day in 1889 by Charles H. Dow, of Dow Jones & Company.

It was to primarily cover business and financial news. The first issue was published on July 8, 1889. The newspaper’s accuracy and the breadth and detail of its coverage won it respect and success from the start. – Britannica

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It is edited in New York City and sold throughout the United States. Other daily editions include The Asian Wall Street Journal, edited in Hong Kong, and The Wall Street Journal Europe, edited in Brussels. – Britannica.