From: "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at KeithLynch.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Gagarin's Day
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 20:13:54 -0400 (EDT)
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

Tamar Lindsay <dicconf at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Yuri's Night - Yuri Gagarin, Cosmonaut, 1st surviving man in space
> April 12

Yes, today is the 50th anniversary of the first manned space flight.

It's also the 30th anniversary of the first Space Shuttle flight.

And the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.