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LOOKING BACK AT TODAY IN HISTORY

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LOOKING BACK AT TODAY IN HISTORY

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Mike Gracia

A daughter, Tulip Victoria, was born to the couple in 1971. During their 
marriage, Tiny Tim and Miss Vicki mostly lived apart, and were divorced 
eight years later in 1977. 

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FINAL U.S. MOON MISSION ON THIS DAY IN 1972

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Left to right: Schmitt, Cernan (seated), Evans

Apollo 17 was the final mission of the United StatesApollo lunar landing program,
and was the sixth landing of humans on the Moon. I was launched with a three-
member crew consisting of Commander Eugene Cernan, Command Module Pilot
Ronald Evans, and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt,

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LOOKING BACK AT TODAY IN HISTORY

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GEMINI 7 LAUNCHED ON THIS DAY IN 1965

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Crew members James Lovell and Frank Borman

Gemini 7 was the 4th manned Gemini flight with Air Force Lt. Col. Frank Borman
and Navy Comdr. James A. Lovell on board. They spent nearly 14 days in space
making a total of 206 orbits, and were joined by the Gemini-6A flight which then 
performed the first rendezvous maneuver of manned spacecraft.

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lovell today          borman now
James Lovell, 85 (3-25-1928)                      Frank Borman, 85 (3-14-1928)

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