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b. 1959Kevin Spacey
Oscar-winning actor known for The Usual Suspects and American Beauty
Photo: Harald Krichel · CC BY-SA 4.0
b. 1949Sissy Spacek
Oscar-winning actress known for her role in the horror film Carrie
Photo: David Shankbone · CC BY 2.0
1930–2012Neil Armstrong
NASA astronaut who commanded Apollo 11 and became the first person to walk on the Moon in July 1969
Photo: NASA · Public domain
1934–1968Yuri Gagarin
Soviet cosmonaut who became the first human in space, orbiting the Earth aboard Vostok 1 on 12 April 1961
Photo: Alexander Mokletsov / RIA Novosti · CC BY 4.0
b. 1930Buzz Aldrin
Apollo 11 astronaut and lunar module pilot who became the second person to walk on the Moon, after Neil Armstrong
Photo: NASA · Public domain
1934–1968Yuri Gagarin
becoming the first human to journey into outer space during his historic Vostok 1 orbital flight in 1961
Photo: В. Жихаренко / ТАСС Обработка: Roman Kubanskiy · CC BY 4.0
b. 1937Valentina Tereshkova
Soviet cosmonaut who became the first woman in space in 1963, orbiting the Earth 48 times aboard Vostok 6
Photo: duma.gov.ru · CC BY 4.0
b. 1964Jeff Bezos
American entrepreneur who founded Amazon in his garage in 1994, later founded Blue Origin and bought The Washington Post
Photo: Seattle City Council from Seattle · CC BY 2.0
1857–1935Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
Russian rocket scientist and pioneer of astronautic theory
Photo: Unknown author · Public domain
1934–2019Alexey Leonov
Soviet cosmonaut who performed the first ever spacewalk in history
Photo: This image or video was catalogued by Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center of the United States National Aeronautics and Space · Public domain
1930–2021Michael Collins
Astronaut who orbited the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission
Photo: NASA; restored by Coffeeandcrumbs · Public domain
1951–2012Sally Ride
Physicist and the first American woman to travel into space
Photo: NASA; retouched by Coffeeandcrumbs · Public domain
1921–2016John Glenn
First American astronaut to orbit the Earth
Photo: U.S. Senate Historical Office · Public domain
b. 1931William Shatner
Actor best known for playing Captain James T. Kirk
Photo: Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA · CC BY 4.0
1923–1998Alan Shepard
First American in space and commander of Apollo 14
Photo: NASA · Public domain
1962–2003Kalpana Chawla
First Indian-born woman to travel into space
Photo: NASA · Public domain
b. 1973Mark Shuttleworth
Entrepreneur who founded Canonical and was the first African in space
Photo: Jonnymccullagh · CC BY-SA 3.0
b. 1965Sunita Williams
American astronaut who set records for female spacewalks
Photo: Robert Markowitz · Public domain
1928–2025Jim Lovell
Commander of the Apollo 13 lunar mission
Photo: NASA · Public domain
b. 1956Mae Jemison
First African-American woman to travel into space
Photo: NASA · Public domain
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Events16
Space race
The Space Race (Russian: космическая гонка, romanized: kosmicheskaya gonka, IPA:) was a 20th-century competition between the Cold War rivals, the United States and the Soviet Union, to achieve superior spaceflight capability.
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
On January 28, 1986, Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members. The spacecraft disintegrated about 46,000 feet (14 km) above the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 16:39:13 UTC (11:39:13 a.m.
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
On February 1, 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated as it re-entered the atmosphere over Texas and Louisiana, killing all seven astronauts on board. It was the second of two Space Shuttle missions to end in disaster, after the loss of Challenger and crew in 1986.
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First Human in Space
Yuri Gagarin orbits Earth aboard Vostok 1, becoming the first human in space.
Outer Space Treaty
The Outer Space Treaty, formally called the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, is a multilateral treaty that forms the basis of international space law.
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Apollo 11 Moon Landing
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans to land on the Moon.
2019 fire at Notre-Dame de Paris
On 15 April 2019, at 18:18 CEST, a structural fire broke out in the roof space of Notre-Dame de Paris, a medieval Catholic cathedral in Paris, France, part of the "Paris, Banks of the Seine" UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
Apollo 1
Apollo 1, initially designated AS-204, was planned to be the first crewed mission of the Apollo program, the American undertaking to land the first man on the Moon. It was planned to be launched on February 21, 1967, as the first low Earth orbital test of the Apollo command and service module.
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Music Day
The Fête de la Musique (French pronunciation:), also known in English as Music Day, Make Music Day, or World Music Day, is an annual music celebration which usually takes place in mid-June. On Music Day, citizens and residents are urged to play music outside, in their neighborhoods or in public spaces and parks.
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
Apollo–Soyuz
Apollo–Soyuz was the first crewed international space mission, conducted jointly by the United States and the Soviet Union in July 1975. Millions watched on television as an American Apollo spacecraft docked with a Soviet Soyuz capsule.
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
2023 Chinese balloon incident
From January 28 to February 4, 2023, a high-altitude balloon originating from China drifted across North American airspace, including Alaska, western Canada, and the contiguous United States. On February 4, the U.S. Air Force shot down the balloon over U.S.
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
Google I/O
Google I/O is an annual developer conference held by Google since 2007 in Mountain View, California. "I/O" stands for input/output.
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
The Partial Test Ban Treaty (PTBT), formally known as the 1963 Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water, prohibited all test detonations of nuclear weapons except for those conducted underground.
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2009 satellite collision
On February 10, 2009, two communications satellites—the active commercial Iridium 33 and the derelict Russian military Kosmos 2251—accidentally collided at a speed of 11.7 km/s (26,000 mph) and an altitude of 789 kilometres (490 mi) above the Taymyr Peninsula in Siberia.
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
Armory Show
The 1913 Armory Show, also known as the International Exhibition of Modern Art, was organized by the Association of American Painters and Sculptors. It was the first large exhibition of modern art in America, as well as one of the many exhibitions that have been held in the vast spaces of U.S. National Guard armories.
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Indian Airlines flight 814 hijacking
Indian Airlines Flight 814, commonly known as IC 814, was an Indian Airlines Airbus A300 that was hijacked on 24 December 1999 by five members of Harkat-ul-Mujahideen. The passenger flight, en route from Kathmandu to Delhi, was taken over shortly after it entered Indian airspace at about 16:53 IST.
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0