nPostednon December 23, 2013
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nI’mnbusy wrapping presents and baking cookies, but not everyone throwsnthemselves into Christmas preparations at this time of the year—notneven everyone who celebrates Christmas necessarily spends Decemberngetting ready! Today is the anniversary of some important “firsts”nthat have nothing to do with the holidays!
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| I like the fact that the “8” of Apollo 8 makes a fairly decent picture of the flight of the spacecraft! |
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nOnnthis date in 1968, three American astronauts became the first humansnto orbit the moon. Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and William Andersnorbited the moon as a part of their Apollo 8 mission—a necessarynstep before astronauts eventually landed on the moon with Apollo 11.
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| I wasn’t sure whether or not to call this aircraft an “airplane.” Unusual looking, isn’t it? |
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nOnnthis date in 1986, an aircraft called Voyagernbecame the first to fly around the world without stopping and evennwithout refueling. Jeanna Yeager and Dick Rutan had started offnfrom Edwards Air Force Base in California on December 14 and ended 9ndays, 3 minutes and 44 seconds later. This flight more than doublednthe flight distance record that had been set in 1962.
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nOkay,nback to the gift wrapping station or maybe the kitchen. I’m so notninto setting records or doing world’s-firsts right now. But maybe younare—or will be, someday!
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nAlsonon this date:
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n Anniversary of Benjamin Franklin’s shocking mistake
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nAnniversarynof a man crossing the ocean with no food
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nLinguistnJean-Francois Champollion’s birthday
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Nightnof the Radishes
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nFestivus—thenHoliday for the Rest of Us
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nPlannahead:
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nChecknout my Pinterest pages on:
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nDecembern holidays
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nDecembern birthdays
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- Historicaln anniversaries in December
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nAndnhere are my Pinterest boards for:
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nJanuaryn holidays
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nJanuaryn birthdays
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nHistoricaln anniversaries in January
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