Today in History 14th of June

Here's another nifty factoid . . . something to satisfy my keen hunger for useless trivia:

-14th June 1983: NASA has a crowning moment of glory as the un-manned survelance spacecraft Pioneer 10 leaves the solar system. This is the first man-made object to leave the local neighborhood, so to speak. Before it pulled a runner on us Pioneer 10 sent back some excellent photos of Jupiter, among other things.