ON THIS DAY in 1957, the Soviet Union launched the first artificial Earth satellite, Sputnik, into a low orbit around the Earth. This event was dramatized in the 1999 film, OCTOBER SKY, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper, and Laura Dern.
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ON THIS DAY in 1960, Cuban leader Fidel Castro announced his country’s support of the Soviet Union. The 2001 film, FIDEL: THE UNTOLD STORY, directed by Estela Bravo, documents this and other events in Castro’s life.
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