Skylab, built by NASA, was launched from Cape Kennedy on May 14, 1973 and the third and final crew to live there departed on February 8 , 1974
When, in June, East Germany sealed its hundred-and-ninety-mile Baltic coastline with an immense "control strip," forty-one young East Germans got themselves appointed to their country's delegation to the World Youth Festival, held in Finland, and from there departed for the West.
The statue, a 16-foot-tall bronze of a Special Forces soldier on horseback, may wind up in Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan once the protesters camped there depart.
Meg Falck, age 13 How to get there Getting there: Departing September 25, KE Adventure Travel (017687 73966, keadventure.com) offers a nine-day trek to Kilimanjaro on the Rongai Route from £1,240.
Those seeking a last-minute family half-term break could book one of a few remaining places on Explore's (0845 867 9434, explore.co.uk) group family trip there, departing on 22 October.
Good skiers like Matieu and Clotilde would love St Anton, Austria, and last week Skiworld (skiworld.ltd.uk) was offering a week in a chalet there, departing 14 December, for just £249 - leaving £251 of their £500 budget for lift pass, lunch and drinks.
Way to go Getting there: Departing January 16, Club Med (08453 676767, clubmed.co.uk) offers seven nights' all-inclusive at La Palmeraie, Marrakech for £745pp including British Airways or Royal Air Maroc flights from Heathrow, transfers, all meals, unlimited beer and wine with lunch and dinner, most sports and activities (including tennis, golf and horseriding) and insurance.
Lowe Lintas closed its Chicago office 14 months ago after the largest account there, Ameritech, departed because of a merger.
He left a small garrison there and departed, but the inhabitants launched a revolt soon after.
From there it departed for Tarakan, arriving with the main invasion force on 1 May.
(The last time I went there, I departed shaking and covered in blood).
