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FORMER ASTRONAUT HAS DIED AT AGE 93

An Oklahoma legend celebrates his 90th birthday | Weatherford Daily News

Astronaut Thomas Stafford, Apollo 10 commander, dies at 93 | WYTV

WASHINGTON (AP) — Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, who
commanded a dress rehearsal flight for the 1969 moon
landing and the first U.S.-Soviet space linkup, died Monday
in a hospital near his Space Coast Florida home.

Stafford, a retired Air Force three-star general, took part in
four space missions. Before Apollo 10, he flew on two Gemini
flights, including the first rendezvous of two U.S. capsules in
orbit.

Stafford was one of 24 NASA astronauts who flew to the moon,

but he did not land on it. Only seven of them are still alive.

ASTRONAUT THOMAS P. STAFFORD DURING GEMINI 9 MISSION - 8X10 NASA PHOTO (AA-109) | eBay
ASTRONAUT THOMAS P. STAFFORD DURING GEMINI 9 MISSION.





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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

Today in History: Saturday, April 8 | Manning Live

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Pansy and Peony: Terri Schiavo Archives

Glenn Beck to Headline 2nd Annual Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Award Gala in Philadelphia on March 27th
FEEDING TUBE REMOVED ON THIS DAY IN 1990.

Terri Schiavo, the severely brain-damaged woman whose condition sparked an epic legal, medical and political battle 
that gripped America, died 13 days after her feeding tube 
was removed by the wishes of her husband and the orders
of several courts.

Terri Schiavo Gravesite | Grave marker, Headstones, Famous tombstones

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BRITISH TROOPS FLEE BOSTON ON THIS DAY

On this day in history, March 17, 1776, British troops flee Boston after dramatic 11-month siege ...

On March 17, 1776, British forces were forced to evacuate Boston following General George Washington’s successful placement of fortifications and cannons on Dorchester Heights, which overlooks
the city from the south.

Nearly 10,000 Redcoats, thousands of loyalists left for Canada in ‘disgrace’  —  still celebrated as Evacuation Day in Boston.

 

 

THIS DAY IN HISTORY – British evacuate Boston – 1776 – The Burning Platform

Evacuation Day and a Discarded British Blanket | Historical Digression

The evacuation of Boston - NYPL Digital Collections

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THE RETRO BLOG HUMOR DEPARTMENT

03.17.24
(FOX NEWS)

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Vintage St Patricks Day Card | St patricks day cards, Vintage holiday ...

St Patrick's Day Vintage Lady Free Stock Photo - Public Domain Pictures   

A stained glass window depicts Saint Patrick dressed in a green robe with a halo about his head, holding a sham rock in his right hand and a staff in his left.
Stained glass window depicting St. Patrick.

Saint Patrick’s Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick ‘the Day
of the Festival of Patrick’), is a religious and cultural
holiday held on 17 March, the traditional death date of
Saint Patrick (c. 385 – c. 461), the foremost patron saint
of
Ireland.

Wikipedia

Saint Patricks Day Luck Clover Clip art - Spring Clover Banner png ...

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