On This Day:  May 28

1959 -- First mon­keys sur­vive space flight, in­spir­ing sim­i­lar voy­ages by oth­er life forms such as worms and hu­mans.

2002 -- NATO de­clares Rus­sia a lim­it­ed part­ner of the al­liance, hopes to lim­it it even fur­ther over the com­ing decade.