Tuesday August 30, 1983
Launch of Space Shuttle Mission STS-8
41 years ago
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STS-8 mission patch
Commander Richard H. Truly
Pilot Daniel Brandenstein
Mission Specialist 1 Guion Bluford
Mission Specialist 2 Dale Gardner
Mission Specialist 3 William E. Thornton
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- 41 years ago
- Ronald Reagan was the US president
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Birth of Jack Swigert had happened 52 years prior
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Death of Lenny Bruce had happened 17 years prior
Thurgood Marshall is confirmed as the first African American Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. had happened 16 years prior
Birth of K. Megan McArthur had happened 12 years prior
Get Down Tonight had happened 8 years prior
The novel The Dead Zone by Stephen King Published had happened 4 years prior
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