July 11, 1979 –
The derelict space station Skylab finally returned to Earth, ignominiously breaking into 500 separate fragments which are swallowed by the Indian Ocean. That was, except for the ones which crashed into Woorlba Sheep Station, near Balladonia in Western Australia.
Shortly thereafter, President Jimmy Carter telephoned the prime minister of that country to apologized for scattering NASA litter on his nation.
Oops.
(Leading up to the event, Electric Light Orchestra took out ads in trade magazines dedicating their new single, Don’t Bring Me Down, to Skylab.)
And so it goes
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