Today in history 61

Here are some historical events that occurred on March 21st:

1961

• The United States launches the first communications satellite, Telstar 1, into orbit. Telstar 1 was a joint project between NASA and the French space agency, CNES, and it was designed to transmit television signals between the United States and Europe.

Other events

• 1522: Ferdinand Magellan, the Portuguese explorer, becomes the first European to cross the Pacific Ocean, leading a fleet of five ships.
• 1865: The first train arrives in San Francisco, California, after a journey from Sacramento.
• 1918: The United States begins to draft men into the military to fight in World War I.
• 1952: The United States conducts its first hydrogen bomb test, codenamed "Ivy Mike," at the Enewetak Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
• 1980: The United States boycotts the Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia, in response to the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan.

I hope you find these events interesting!