Soviet
cosmonaut Vasili Lazarev was born in the Kursk Region
of Russia. Lazarev served as second back-up to Boris Yegorov
for the Voskhod 1 mission on the 12th October 1964.
February
26th
Soviet
cosmonaut Anatoly Filipchenko was born in the Voronezh
Region, Russia. Served as back-up for Boris Volynov of
the Soyuz 5 mission on the 15th January 1969.
March 14th
NASA
astronaut Frank Borman was born in Gary, Indiana. Borman
would take part in the Gemini 7 and Apollo 8 missions.
Also served on the Apollo (Apollo 1) 204 Fire Investigation
Board.
March 25th
NASA
astronaut James Lovell was born in Cleveland, Ohio. Lovell
would take part in the Gemini 7, Gemini 12, Apollo
8 and Apollo 13 missions.
June 1st
Soviet
cosmonaut Georgy Dobrovolsky was born. Served as second
back-up for Vladimir Shatalov on the Soyuz 4 mission
on the 14th January 1969, but killed on the Soyuz 11 mission
on 30th June 1971.
Collectivisation
of Agriculture in the Soviet Union was established as Stalin
introduced his first five year plan.
Fleming
discovered penicillin.
The
Trans-Pacific flight by the Southern Cross.
Amelia
Earhart became the first woman to fly the Atlantic, although
only as a passenger.
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