Galaxy Science Fiction was an American digest-size science fiction magazine, published from 1950 to 1980. It was founded by World Editions and sold two years later to Robert Guinn, the magazine's printer. Its first editor, H. L. Gold, rapidly made Galaxy the leading science fiction magazine of its time, focusing on stories about social issues rather than technology, including Ray Bradbury's "The Fireman" (later expanded as Fahrenheit 451), Robert A. Heinlein's The Puppet Masters, and Alfred Bester's The Demolished Man. Frederik Pohl, who had been doing most of the production work for some time, took over as editor officially in 1961. Until his departure in 1969, Galaxy had continued success, regularly publishing fiction by writers such as Cordwainer Smith, Jack Vance, Harlan Ellison, and Robert Silverberg. At its peak, Galaxy greatly influenced the science fiction field. Gold brought a "sophisticated intellectual subtlety" to magazine science fiction, according to Pohl. Historian David Kyle suggests that Gold's new direction led to the experimental New Wave, the defining science fiction literary movement of the 1960s.
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1499:
Muslims in Alpujarras, Granada, rebelled against their rulers in response to forced conversions to Catholicism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebellion_of_the_Alpujarras_(1499%E2%80%931501)
1898:
Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat set the first official land speed record, averaging 63.15 km/h (39.24 mph) over 1 km (0.62 mi). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_speed_record
1939:
Second World War: The Luftwaffe victory over the Royal Air Force in the Battle of the Heligoland Bight greatly influenced both sides' future air strategy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Heligoland_Bight_(1939)
1963:
Students from Ghana and other African countries organized a protest on Moscow's Red Square in response to the alleged murder of medical student Edmund Assare-Addo. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963_Moscow_protest
1966:
Epimetheus, one of the moons of Saturn, was discovered, but was mistaken for Janus; it took twelve years to determine that they are two distinct objects sharing the same orbit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimetheus_(moon)
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fit as a fiddle: (simile, colloquial) Perfectly fit; in excellent condition or health. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fit_as_a_fiddle
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The immediate facts are what we must relate to. Darkness and light, beginning and end. --Peter Wessel Zapffe https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Peter_Wessel_Zapffe