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December 21, 1968: Launch of Apollo 8 The Apollo 8 patch, designed by astronaut Lovell At 10:47 a.m. (15:47:05 UTC), Apollo 8 became the first space vehicle to carry human beings beyond Earth's orbit, [ 88 ] and the three American astronauts on board — Frank Borman , Jim Lovell , and William Anders — went further away from Earth than any ...
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(Reuters) -Retired astronaut William Anders, who was one of the first three humans to orbit the moon, capturing the famed "Earthrise" photo during NASA's Apollo 8 mission in 1968, died on Friday ...
This is a list of selected December 9 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit.
2016 – At least 57 people are killed and a further 177 injured when two schoolgirl suicide bombers attack a market area in Madagali, Adamawa, Nigeria in the Madagali suicide bombings. 2017 – The Marriage Amendment Bill receives royal assent and comes into effect, making Australia the 26th country to legalize same-sex marriage .
Daryle Lamont Jenkins (born 1968), civil rights activist and founder of One People's Project [251] Joseph Zadroga (1947–2024), advocate for first responders sickened from their time in the rubble of the World Trade Center following the September 11 terrorist attacks [ 252 ]
Myers was the first Playboy Playmate born in the 1950s when she appeared in the magazine in December 1968. The pictures were shot in June 1968 [3] when she was 17 years old, [4] but it was Playboy's policy at that time to wait until a Playmate turned 18 before her pictures would be published. [5] Her pictorial was titled "Wholly Toledo!"
A less scientific metric is the sheer volume of famous people born on this date. Celebrities born on September 9. Four-time Oscar nominee Michelle Williams (1980) and three-time Razzie winner Adam ...