Kumbon binciken Tarayyar Soviet Luna 9, da aka harba daga Baikonur a filin ciyawa na Kazakhstan ta yau, ya yi saukar farko a hankali a kan Wata ya kuma aiko da hotuna na farko daga samansa.
Kundin sani › A wancan lokaci a duniya
24 ga Disamba 1968 B.H. · Kewayen Wata; cibiyar ba da umarni, Houston
Apollo 8 ya karanta Farawa daga kewayen Wata
A jajibirin Kirsimeti, Frank Borman, Jim Lovell da Bill Anders, mutane na farko da suka yi tafiya kewaye da Wata, suka karanta Farawa 1:1–10 daga King James Version bi da bi a wani shirin talabijin daga kewayen Wata, wanda miliyoyin mutane a duniya suka ji. Tun da farko a ranar, Anders ya ɗauki hoton “Earthrise” (Fitowar Duniya).
A farko-farko, Allah ya halicci sama da ƙasa. To, ƙasa dai ba ta da siffa, babu kuma kome a cikinta, duhu ne kawai ya rufe ko’ina, Ruhun Allah kuwa yana yawo a kan ruwan. Sai Allah ya ce, “Bari haske yă kasance,” sai kuwa ga haske. Allah ya ga hasken yana da kyau, sai ya raba tsakanin hasken da duhu. Allah ya kira hasken “yini,” ya kuma kira duhun “dare.” Yamma ta kasance, safiya kuma ta kasance, kwana ta fari ke nan. Allah ya ce, “Bari sarari yă kasance tsakanin ruwaye domin yă raba ruwa da ruwa.” Saboda haka Allah ya yi sarari ya raba ruwan da yake ƙarƙashin sararin da ruwan da yake bisansa. Haka kuwa ya kasance. Allah ya kira sararin “sama.” Yamma ta kasance, safiya kuma ta kasance, kwana ta biyu ke nan. Allah ya ce, “Bari ruwan da yake ƙarƙashin sama yă tattaru wuri ɗaya, bari kuma busasshiyar ƙasa tă bayyana.” Haka kuwa ya kasance. Allah ya kira busasshiyar ƙasar “doron ƙasa,” ruwan da ya taru kuma, ya kira “tekuna.” Allah ya ga yana da kyau.A lokaci ɗaya a duniya
Apollo 8 shi ne kumbon sararin samaniya na farko mai mutane da ya bar kewayen Duniya. A watan Disamba 1968 ya kewaye Wata sau goma cikin kimanin sa’a ashirin, ma’aikatansa kuma su ne mutane na farko da suka ga ɗaya gefen Wata da idanunsu. Wata bakwai bayan haka, Apollo 11 ya sauka a kan Wata. Ga duniyar ƙarshen shekarun 1960.
Don ceton su daga ruwan sabuwar Babbar Madatsar Aswan, injiniyoyi sun yanka haikalan Abu Simbel, da Ramesses II ya gina, zuwa guda fiye da 1,000 suka kuma sāke gina su a wuri mafi tsayi da kimanin mita 65.
A Cape Town, likitan tiyata Christiaan Barnard da tawagarsa sun yi dashen zuciyar mutum na farko. Majinyacin, Louis Washkansky, ya rayu kwana 18.
Wata kwamfuta a Jami’ar California, Los Angeles, ta aika saƙo na farko ta ARPANET, cibiyar sadarwar da intanet ya fito daga gare ta, zuwa Stanford. Tsarin ya lalace bayan haruffa biyu: “LO”.
A Punjab da sauran sassan arewacin Indiya, manoma sun fara shuka sababbin irin alkama da shinkafa masu yawan amfani, da ƙarin ruwa da taki. Girbi ya ƙaru da sauri har aka kira canjin “Juyin Kore” (Green Revolution).
Jirgin saman fasinja mai gudu fiye da sauti, Concorde, da Faransa da Biritaniya suka ƙera tare, ya yi tashinsa na farko a Toulouse. Sa’ad da ya fara aiki zai ɗauki fasinjoji su ƙetare Tekun Atlantika cikin kimanin sa’a uku da rabi.