February 7: A Novelist Born, Four Lads Land, and An Astronaut Floats Free
February 7 connects three moments of transformation—when the birth of a boy in Portsmouth would give the world some of its most enduring literature and memorable characters, when four musicians from Liverpool descended airplane stairs and changed American culture forever, and when an astronaut ventured into the void untethered, creating one of spaceflight's most iconic images. These stories remind us that genius can emerge from hardship, that cultural revolutions sometimes arrive on commercial flights, and that humanity's reach extends beyond any safety line.
