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Old April 13th 11, 01:12 PM posted to sci.space.shuttle
Jeff Findley
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Default Important anniversary today

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On 13/04/2011 11:06 AM, Keith F. Lynch wrote:
Today is the 30th anniversary of the first Space Shuttle flight.

It's also the 50th anniversary of the first manned space flight.

And the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War.


I've never understood how war can be considered 'civil'.


If you ask a southerner, he might call it the War of Northern
Aggression. The winners write the history books.

Jeff
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