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Voyager 2 is the name of an unmanned spacecraft that was launched on August 20, 1977. The vessel contains a golden phonographic record that contains greetings in 55 languages, sounds, and images meant to portray life on earth if it were to meet extraterrestrial life forms. The spacecraft's primary mission was to transmit data related to Jupiter and Saturn.Later on the mission was extended to provide data on Uranus and Neptune and eventually extended to provide data on the edge of the solar system and beyond. Voyager 2 reached Jupiter in 1979 and Saturn in 1981. By 1986 Voyager 2 had reached Uranus, while in 1989 it had reached Neptune. The spacecraft is currently in the outer reaches of the solar system.

Read more about the History of NASA buttons on the Busy Beaver blog.

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This button is opposing Franklin Roosevelt for President in 1940. The 'Fireside Chats" were the series of evening addresses on national radio delivered by then President Roosevelt between 1933 and 1944. These chats enabled Roosevelt to speak directly to the American people in their homes and promoted his New Deal programs and later war effort. Millions of people found comfort and renewed confidence in these speeches, especially during the Depression and war time. In 1940, the opposition put out this button to stall his campaign for a third term. 

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Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) was the 26th President of the United States, from 1901 to 1909. He began the 1901-1905 term as Vice-President to William McKinley but rose to the presidency on March 4, 1901 when the latter was assassinated. Roosevelt then ran for president for a second term and won the election of 1904. This button promoted him as a candidate during that campaign and is an example of a rebus, an allusional device that uses pictures or images to represent words or parts of words, in this case a rose. 

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Richard M. Nixon (1913-1994) was the 37th President of the United States, from 1969 until 1974. He was halfway through his second term when he was impeached and then resigned from the presidency. On June 17, 1972, burglars broke into the offices of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. About a year later, it was discovered that the five intruders were agents of the Committee for the Re-Election of the President (CRP), the official organization of Richard Nixon's reelection campaign. It was found that wiretapping of the offices had also occurred. The ensuing "Watergate scandal" led to to Nixon's impeachment and then resignation. Nixon was the first and only U.S. president to ever resign.

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Richie Havens (1941-2013) was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. As a performer, he straddled the genres of folk, soul, and rhythm & blues. Born Richard Pierce Havens in Brooklyn, he was known for his intense strumming and singing styles and rose to fame in the late 1960s. In 1969, he performed at the Woodstock Festival in upstate New York, which greatly increased his popularity. His most notable songs include "Freedom" and a cover of the Beatles' "Here Comes the Sun". He was also an activist and especially supported the causes of Native American rights and ecological/environmental issues.

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This is a French translation of the campaign slogan "I Like Ike" (literally, "I Love Ike"), promoting Dwight D. Eisenhower during his first campaign for president on the Republican ticket in 1952. Richard Nixon was his running mate as vice-president. Eisenhower soundly defeated Adlai Stevenson, a Democrat from Illinois, in the 1952 election to become the 34th President of the USA. He was reelected in 1956 and began his second term the following year.

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In 1979, at the height of disco music's popularity, Chicago radio DJ Steve Dahl (then at WLUP 97.9 FM) led a tongue-in-cheek but nevertheless intense campaign against the genre. He was also highly critical of the lifestyle that disco had popularized in American culture. Under the banner of "Disco Sucks," the campaign/gimmick was often discussed by Dahl and his guests on air and eventually led up to a promotional tie-in with the Chicago White Sox. The proposed event was dubbed "Disco Demolition Night." Dahl told his listeners to bring all of their disco records to the second game of a double-header against the Detroit Tigers on July 12, 1979 for the express purpose of destroying them. Before the second game began, Dahl led the explosion of the records on the field of Comiskey Park (now U.S. Cellular Field). Tens of thousands of teenagers and young adults swelled the crowd to overcapacity, leading to multiple arrests and general disorder. What's more, as a result of the chaos the White Sox were forced to forfeit the game to the Tigers.

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From June 24 to July 28, 1966 the Rolling Stones toured the United States and Canada for their fifth time. The tour consisted of a total of 32 shows in 30 cities and promoted the band's album Aftermath, of the same year. Concert stops included most major US and Canadian cities and the last show of the tour, in Honolulu, was broadcast on the Hawaiian radio station KPOI.

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The Chicago Blizzard of 1979 was exceptionally severe and took place on January 13 and 14, 1979. By its end, 18.8 inches (47.8 cm) of snow had fallen on the metro Chicago area. The snowfall on January 13 alone set a new record for amount of snow in one day in Chicago - 16.5 inches (41.9 cm). The mayor at that time, Michael Bilandic, was blamed for the city's inadequate response to the storm and was soon later ousted at the polls by Jane Byrne, Chicago's first and only female mayor.