π Astronaut Sally Ride is born (1951)
Where: Santa Monica, USA
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π On This Day: May 26
May 26, 1951: Astronaut Sally Ride is born. Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, was born on this day in 1951 in Santa Monica, California. She was a physicist and flew into space on the Space Shuttle in 1983. Later she worked hard to help children love science.
β¨ More events on this day
- 1923 π The first 24 Hours of Le Mans was held in France, a car race that lasts a whole day and night and is now the oldest endurance race.
- 1968 π¨ On H-Day, everyone in Iceland switched from driving on the left side of the road to the right side early one morning.
- 1970 π‘ The Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 became the first passenger airplane to fly at twice the speed of sound, a few months before the Concorde did.
π§ Question of the day
What 'first' was Sally Ride?
- First American woman in space
- First person on the Moon
- First to climb Everest
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Answer: First American woman in space
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What happened on May 26?
May 26, 1951: Astronaut Sally Ride is born. It happened in Santa Monica, USA.
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Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Ride