Today in History – November 16

1973 – U.S. President Richard Nixon signs the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act into law, authorizing the construction of the Alaska Pipeline.

Trans-Alaska Pipeline Visitor Center (StreetView)
Trans-Alaska Pipeline Visitor Center

Trans-Alaska Pipeline (StreetView)
Trans-Alaska Pipeline
Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (Google Maps)
Trans-Alaska Pipeline System

1973 – Skylab program: NASA launches Skylab 4 with a crew of three astronauts from Cape Canaveral, Florida for an 84-day mission.

Full scale Skylab mock-up (Birds Eye)
Full scale Skylab mock-up

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