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JULY 21
* First manned spacecraft to sink at sea was Gus Grissom's Liberty Bell 7. Grissom was saved from drowning (1961).
* Sinope, Jupiter's 9th moon, discovered (1914).
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* The day the Sun stood still according to Professor C.A. Totten's 1896 calculations (1475 B.C.)
(Click on "Palestine Gazette" for a review of this phenomena which was recorded in the Bible and in ancient writings of the Aztecs and Chinese.)
* Wiley Post completed first solo flight around the world (1933).
* Tony Aliengena (4th grade) became the youngest pilot to fly a plane around the world (1989).
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* Possible ring around Neptune discovered (1984). * Landsat 1 launched (1972).
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* First trimotor flight (Garden City, NY, 1919).
* Amelia Earhart's birthday.
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* First crossing of English Channel by airplane (1909).
* Sharon Adams became first woman to sail solo across the Pacific (1969).
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* Apollo 15 launched along with the first human-operated lunar car called the Lunar Rover (1971).
* Huygens published the ring theory for Saturn (1659).
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* David, known as "the Bubble Boy," was fitted with his custom made NASA space suit for biological isolation. David is able to partially end his six years of isolation (1977).
* Completion of Atlantic telegraph cable (1866).
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* Ranger 7 launched to take close up photos of Moon until impact (1964).
* Congress approved an act to switch the U.S. to the metric system (1866).
* UPI quoted NASA's aim to establish a lunar base early in the 21st Century and a flight to Mars 10 years after (1989).
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* Bill P185-568 was signed, creating NASA (1958).
* White House announced project Vanguard will orbit a 22 lb. satellite during IGY (1955).
* STS-51-F launch carried first carbonated beverages into space.
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* Galileo described his observations of Saturn as most unusual, perhaps a triple planet (1610).
* Carme, Jupiter's 11th moon, discovered (1938).
* First closeup photos of Earth's Moon (Ranger 7 impact, 1964).
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* First dirigible takeoff and landing on an oceangoing vessel (1930). * Dave Scott became first person to drive a car on the Moon (1971).
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