Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Today is Feb. 20. On this date in 1962, astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth. In his Friendship 7 capsule, Glenn made three orbits before splashing down safely. In 1998, the 77-year-old Glenn, by now a Democratic Senator from Ohio, returned to space aboard the shuttle Discovery to test the effects of low gravity on aging. Advertisement A golden date for Tara Lipinski. On this day in 1998, the 15-year-old American girl became the youngest person ever to win an Olympic gold medal in figure skating. A sad day for would-be starlets. On this day in 1992, a panel of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended limiting access to silicone gel-filled breast implants. The concern was over the effect any silicone leaking from the breast forms would have on the human body. A number of medical experts were of the opinion that it caused all sorts of health problems. And in 1809, in a major boost for states' rights, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the power of the federal government was no greater than that of any individual state of the Union. Advertisement We now return you to the present, already in progress.
