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 (1961) Ham the Chimp becomes first primate astronaut in a Mercury capsule. [51yrs] (1958) Launch of Explorer 1. [54yrs] | 1
 (1971) Launch of Apollo 14 [41yrs] (2003) Space Shuttle Columbia lost during re-entry when damage sustained during launch causes wing heat shield to fail. [9yrs] | 2
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 (1966) Luna-9 lands on Moon. [46yrs] | 4
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 (1971) Apollo 14 lands on Moon. [41yrs] |
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 (1971) Alan Shepherd hits golf ball on Moon. [41yrs] | 7
 (1984) Bruce McCandless and Robert L stewart perform first untethered spacewalk. [28yrs] | 8
 (1974) First Skylab crew return to earth after 84 days in space. [38yrs] | 9
 (1971) Apollo 14 returns to earth after 3rd moon landing. [41yrs] (1969) First test flight for Boeing 747. [43yrs] | 10
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 (1847) Birth of Thomas Alva Edison. [165yrs] | 12
 (1809) Birth of Charles Darwin. [104yrs] |
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 Feast of St Valentine (1729) Death of Captain James Cook. [283yrs] (1946) Unveiling of E.N.I.A.C. [66yrs] | 15
 (1564) Birth of Galileo Galilei in Pisa. [448yrs] (1874) Birth of Ernest Shackleton. [138yrs] | 16
 (1923) Opening of Tutankhamun's burial chamber by Howard Carter. [89yrs] | 17
 (1959) Launch of Vanguard 2 weather satellite. [53yrs] | 18
 (1564) Death of Michaelangelo in Caprese. [448yrs] (1745) Birth of Alessandro Volta. [267yrs] (1930) Discovery of Pluto by Clyde Tombaugh. [82yrs] (2004) First direct observation of supermassive black hole in RXJ1242-11. [8yrs] | 19
 (1473) Birth of Nicolas Copernicus. [539yrs] (1986) Launch of Mir. [26yrs] |
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 (1898) Birth of Enzo Ferrari in Modena. [114yrs] (1962) John Glenn becomes first US astronaut to orbit earth. [50yrs] | 21
 (1972) Luna 20 lands on moon. [40yrs] | 22
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 (1633) Birth of Samuel Pepys. [379yrs] (1821) Death of John Keats. [191yrs] (1997) Fire breaks out onboard Mir. [15yrs] | 24
 (1987) First supernova visible to naked eye since 1604 witnessed. [25yrs] (1582) Introduction of the Gregorian calendar. [430yrs] | 25
 Kuwait National Day. (1972) Luna 20 returns to earth having completed successful moon landing. [40yrs] | 26
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(1812) Birth of Augustus Pugin. [200yrs] (1968) Jocelyn Bell Burnell announces discovery of first Pulsar. [44yrs] (1792) Birth of Gioacchino Rossini. [220yrs] | 1
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Public Open Evening
Add to Diary (1969) Launch of Apollo 9 [McDivitt, Scott, Schwickart] [43yrs] (1847) Birth of Alexander Graham Bell in Edinburgh. [165yrs] | 4
(1928) Birth of Alan Sillitoe. [84yrs] |
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(1979) Voyager I Jupiter closest approach. [33yrs] | 6
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(1876) Alexander Graham Bell patented first telephone. [136yrs] (1969) Opening of London Underground Victoria Line. [43yrs] | 8
(1978) Transmission of first eposode of Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy. [34yrs] | 9
(1934) Birth of Yuri Gagarin. [78yrs] | 10
(1982) All of the solar system planets were in alignment. (Syzygy) [30yrs] (1906) Opening of London Underground's Bakerloo Line. [106yrs] | 11
(2001) Longest ever U.S. Spacewalk in US Space Shuttle history [8h 56m]. [11yrs] (1952) Birth of Douglas Adams. [60yrs] |