This Day, That Year – August 23

Lunar Orbiter one took the first photograph of the Earth from the Moon on this day in 1966.

Did you know that:

• The first one-way streets opened in London on this day in 1617
• Marie Ashton completed playing the piano, creating a female record of playing for 133 hours, on this day in 1958
• Kobe Bryant was an American professional basketball player born on this day in 1978