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    James Gibb and his family started hitting champagne corks across the table with cigar lids in 1889, and the game of table tennis was born.

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Australia’s OSCAR 5 radio satellite was launched

On the 23rd January, 1970, Australia’s first amateur satellite, and the first to operate under remote control, the OSCAR 5 (Orbiting Satellites Carrying Amateur Radio) was launched in California, U.S.

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