On This Date in History - March 6

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Quote Of The Day

Moreover, the universe as a whole is infinite, for whatever is limited has an outermost edge to limit it, and such an edge is defined by something beyond. Since the universe has no edge, it has no limit; and since it lacks a limit, it is infinite and unbounded. Moreover, the universe is infinite both in the number of its atoms and in the extent of its void.
Epicurus (c. 341–271 B.C.)

Who Was Born Today?:

1912: Madge Adam, astronomer
1927: Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr., born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, USAF/astronaut, Mercury 9, Gemini 5
1937: Valentina V Tereshkova-Nikolayev, 1st woman in space, Vostok 6
1946: Patrick Pierre Roger Baudry, born in Cameroon, astronaut, STS 18

Who Died Today?:

Today in History:

1974: Mars 7 failed to go into orbit about Mars and the lander missed the planet. Carrier and lander are now in a solar orbit.

1986: USSR's Vega 1 flies by Halley's Comet at 8,889 km

1996: NEAR, USA Asteroid Orbiter (Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous) imaged Comet Hyakutake.

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