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| 1934 |
| March
9th |
 |
Soviet
cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was born in the Smolensk area
of Russia. Gagarin became the first man to go into space in
Vostok 1, 12th April 1961. |
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| March
14th |
|
NASA
astronaut Eugene Cernan was born in Chicago, Illinois.
LM pilot for the Apollo 10 mission, and commander of
Apollo 17, 6th - 19th December 1972, the last Moon mission. |
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| March
31st |
|
Soviet
cosmonaut Grigory Nelyubov was born in the Crimea, currently
in the Ukraine. Nelyubov served as back-up for Yuri Gagarin
and the Vostok 1 mission. |
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| May
30th |
|
Cosmonaut
Alexey A. Leonov was born in the Kemerovo region of Russia.
Leonov became the first man to wak in space in Voskhod 2
on the 18th March 1965. |
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| July
13th |
|
Soviet
cosmonaut Alexey Yeliseev was born in the Kaluga Region
of Russia. Yeliseev served as crew member of the Soyuz 5
mission on the 15th - 18th January 1969. |
|
| June 30th |
|
'Night
of the long Knives'. Leading Nazi party members were killed
by Hitler's SS bodyguards. |
|
| August 2nd |
|
President
Hindenburg died. |
|
| August
2nd |
|
Soviet
cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky was born in the Moscow area
of Russia. Bykovsky was the pilot for the Vostok 5 mission
on the 14th - 19th June 1963. |
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| |
|
Hitler
took command of the German armed forces. |
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| |
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Hitler
abolished the office of President, and called himself 'Führer'. |
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| |
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Hitler
made all German servicemen swear an oath of personal loyalty
to him, the 'Führer'. |
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| |
|
Rearmament
began in Japan. |
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| |
|
The
Long March by the Chinese Communists. |
|
| December
3rd |
|
Soviet
cosmonaut Victor Gorbatko was born in the Krasnodar Region,
Russia. Gorbatko served as back-up for Yevgeny Khrunov
on the Soyuz 5 mission on the 15th January 1969. |
|
| December
18th |
|
Soviet
cosmonaut Boris Volynov was born in the city of Irkutsk
in Siberia, Russia. Served as the commander of the Soyuz
5 mission on the 15th - 18th January 1969. |
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