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TODAY IN HISTORY ~

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View of Earth rising over Moon’s horizon taken from Apollo 11 spacecraft

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TODAY IS JOHN GLENN’S 91st BIRTHDAY

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NASA Astronaut John Glenn was inducted into the Astronaut
Hall of Fame
in 1990.

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John Glenn is a former United States Marine Corps pilot, astronaut, and U.S. 
senator. He was the first American to orbit the Earth and the third American
in space.

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LIFTOFF, 43 YEARS AGO TODAY

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Astronauts Michael Collins, Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin and Neil Armstrong

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HARRISON FORD IS 70 TODAY

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Harrison Ford was born in Chicago, Illinois. His career has spanned six
decades and includes roles in several Hollywood blockbusters Star Wars
trilogy, the Indiana Jones film series. Five of his films have been inducted
into the National Film Registry. In 1997, Ford was ranked No. 1 in Empire‘s
"The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list.

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Harrison Ford & Steven Spielberg on the set of Indiana Jones
and the Temple of
Doom, 1984

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‘STAR TREK’ TV PROP SOLD AT AUCTION

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CANTON, Ohio (AP) — A prop vehicle that was used in the original "Star Trek" TV
series in the late 1960s and acquired by an Ohio collector has sold at auction for
just over $70,000 after a last-minute bidding war.

The Repository in Canton reports an Akron-area collector had been storing the
partially restored 24-foot-long Galileo shuttlecraft for several years before putting
it up for auction online.

Auctioneer Brooks Ames says the selling price soared during the final 90 seconds
of the auction on Thursday as three late bidders fought to claim the structure used
as the shuttlecraft of the U.S.S. Enterprise.

Ames says he believes the buyer plans to restore the fake shuttlecraft and possibly display it in a museum.

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William Shatner (L) and Leonard Nimoy (R) on the Star Trek set with the
Galileo shuttlecraft

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