1871
Orville Wright is born. Together with his brother Wilbur, in 1903 they made "the first successful powered airplane." Today is now recognized as National Aviation Day in the U.S.
1959
The satellite Discoverer 6 is launched. learn more here: https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1959-006A
1960
The Soviet Union launches and successfully returns the first live animals in space on Sputnik 5. The animals included: Strelka & Belka, the dogs; 2 rats; 40 mice; 1 rabbit; and fruit flies.
1979
Vladimir Lyakov and Valery Ryumin return to Earth after a record 175 days in space on Soyuz 34.
1982
http://www.yearinspace.com/the-week-in-spaceAboard Soyuz T-7, Svetlana Savitskaya becomes the second female in space.
For a complete list of today’s Space History, see http://www.astronautix.com/a/august19.html
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