🔬 Tereshkova, first woman in space (1963)
Where: Baikonur Cosmodrome
📅 On This Day: June 16
June 16, 1963: Tereshkova, first woman in space. On this day in 1963, Valentina Tereshkova blasted off from Baikonur Cosmodrome aboard Vostok 6. She was the first woman in space. She stayed in space for almost three days and circled the Earth 48 times.
✨ More events on this day
- 1884 💡 The Switchback Railway, the first roller coaster built just for fun, opened at Coney Island in New York, rolling along at about 10 kilometres per hour.
- 1903 🧭 Explorer Roald Amundsen sailed from Oslo on the small ship Gjøa to become the first to travel through the icy Northwest Passage.
- 2012 🚀 China launched the Shenzhou 9 spacecraft with three astronauts, including Liu Yang, the first Chinese woman to travel into space.
🧠 Question of the day
How many times did Tereshkova circle the Earth?
- 48 times
- 480 times
- Once
Show the answer
Answer: 48 times
🎂 Landmarks that opened on June 16
🐾 World day: World Sea Turtle Day
It is the birthday of Dr Archie Carr, a famous sea turtle scientist. Sea turtles return to the beach where they hatched to lay eggs.
Questions
What happened on June 16?
June 16, 1963: Tereshkova, first woman in space. It happened in Baikonur Cosmodrome.
Which landmarks opened on June 16?
Maracanã Stadium (opened 1950).
In the game, the "Today on Earth" panel shows this story on its day, with a question to answer and a place to fly to.
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Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vostok_6