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| 1935 |
| January 7th |
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Soviet
cosmonaut Valery Kubasov was born in the Vladimir Region
of Russia. Kubasov served as back-up crew member for Alexey
Yeliseev of the Soyuz 5 mission on the 15th January
1969. |
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| February
15th |
|
NASA
astronaut Roger Chaffee was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Chaffee was killed along side crew members Gus Grissom
and Ed White, in the Apollo 1 disaster on the
27th January 1967. |
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| Spring. |
|
Hitler
reintroduced conscription and started to rearm, ignoring the
terms of the Treaty
of Versailles, which was signed in 1919. |
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| August 3rd |
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Soviet
cosmonaut Georgy Shonin was born in the Lugansk Region,
Ukraine. Back-up on the Soyuz 4 mission, 14th January
1969 and commander on the Soyuz 6 mission on the 11th - 16th
October 1969. |
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| September
11th |
|
Gherman
S. Titov was born in the Altay region of Russia. Titov flew
the Soviet Union's second orbital flight on the 6th-7th August
1961 in Vostok 2. |
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| September
19th |
|
Russian
space pioneer Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky died.
founder of space research in Russia. Tsiolkovsky was a visionary,
and his name is renowned around the world regarding space travel. |
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| October 25th |
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NASA
astronaut Russell Schweickart was born in Neptune, New
Jersey. Served as LM pilot for Apollo 9, 3rd - 13th March
1969. Was also back-up commander for the first Skylab mission,
spring 1973. |
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| November
23rd |
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Soviet
cosmonaut Vladislav Volkov was born in the Chelyabinsk
Region of Russia. Served as second back-up for the Soyuz
5 mission on the 15th January 1969. |
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Italy
invaded Ethiopia. |
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The
Chinese Communists ended their Long March at Yan'an. |
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Land
redistribution took place in Mexico. |
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Persia
became known as Iran. |
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