On this day in history - Today, July, 23

Today in History

• 1995 Comet Hale–Bopp discovered

  Also known as C/1995 O1 by the scientific community, this well known comet was discovered independen

• 1992 Abkhazia declares independence from Georgia

  The Republic of Abkhazia, is a disputed territory of Georgia and is recognized as an independent sta

• 1982 International Whaling Commission bans commercial whale hunting

  The International Whaling Commission (IWC) passed a resolution to restrict commercial whaling and ba

• 1972 Landsat 1 launched

  The first satellite in the US's LANDSAT program, the Landsat discovered an uninhabited island off th

• 1962 First live transatlantic television signal

  Telstar 1, a communications satellite relayed the world's first transatlantic television signal in t