12 February 1961 Posted on February 12, 2020 by Staff The Soviet Union launches Venera 1 towards Venus. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venera_1′] Famous Words of Inspiration..."If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you." A. A. Milne — Click here for more from A. A. Milne Related posts: 10 August 1990 6 April 1973 17 March 1958 8 April 1964 8 April 1964 22 October 1975 7 December 1995 19 April 1971 12 February 1961 12 February 1961