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Apr 12, 2020 13:13:52
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LWW
Loc: Banana Republic of America
... in 1961 Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin became the first human to travel into space.
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Apr 12, 2020 13:17:22
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PixelStan77
Loc: Vermont/Chicago
LWW wrote:
... in 1961 Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin became the first human to travel into space.
Did you know him?
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Apr 12, 2020 13:23:00
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LWW
Loc: Banana Republic of America
PixelStan77 wrote:
Did you know him?
No, but I did meet Alexei Leonov at the USAF MUSEUM when he spoke there.
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Apr 12, 2020 13:37:56
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rmalarz
Loc: Tempe, Arizona
That must have been a treat.
--Bob
LWW wrote:
No, but I did meet Alexei Leonov at the USAF MUSEUM when he spoke there.
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Apr 12, 2020 13:43:44
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Tomfl101
Loc: Mount Airy, MD
Gagarin most definitely had the right stuff. Courage of the first order.
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Apr 12, 2020 13:54:36
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Soul Dr.
Loc: Beautiful Shenandoah Valley
On this date April 12, 1945, FDR died in office.
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Apr 12, 2020 15:30:45
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Larry Swearingen
Soul Dr. wrote:
On this date April 12, 1945, FDR died in office.
No, I think he was in bed.
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Apr 12, 2020 16:04:45
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Soul Dr.
Loc: Beautiful Shenandoah Valley
Larry Swearingen wrote:
No, I think he was in bed.
It was not meant in the literal sense.
It meant he was still president.
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Apr 12, 2020 16:12:47
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KenW
Loc: Portland OR
So does this mean he died in the bed and not in the office while in office? :-)
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Apr 13, 2020 08:01:58
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Dannj
Larry Swearingen wrote:
No, I think he was in bed.
Rim shot🤪
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Apr 13, 2020 08:11:00
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1Feathercrest
Loc: NEPA
spoilsport!
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Apr 13, 2020 10:00:46
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jerryc41
Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
KenW wrote:
So does this mean he died in the bed and not in the office while in office? :-)
Maybe his bed was in his office.
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Apr 13, 2020 12:07:20
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jackm1943
Loc: Omaha, Nebraska
I think this is also the day the Apollo 13 oxygen tank blew up on the way to the moon.
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Apr 13, 2020 12:20:15
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medphotog
Loc: Witness protection land
jackm1943 wrote:
I think this is also the day the Apollo 13 oxygen tank blew up on the way to the moon.
Nope, that was on the 13th. However, John Young and Bob Crippen took STS-1 (Columbia) up the hill for the first time on the 12th.
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Apr 13, 2020 12:28:55
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jackm1943
Loc: Omaha, Nebraska
medphotog wrote:
Nope, that was on the 13th. However, John Young and Bob Crippen took STS-1 (Columbia) up the hill for the first time on the 12th.
Isn't today the 13th?
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