The first space shuttle launch
The first space shuttle launch
The facts
| Dates | AD 1981 |
|---|---|
| Source | Printed on the chart |
Where this sits on the chart
The first space shuttle launch falls 5985 years out from Creation at the centre. On the printed chart you can put a finger here and read straight outward to see what the rest of the world was doing in the same moment.
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Who else was alive
The first human steps on the MoonAD 1969The Watergate scandalAD 1972Billy Graham preaches to a million in South KoreaAD 1973The eradication of smallpoxAD 1980The fall of the Berlin WallAD 1989The launch of the Hubble Space TelescopeAD 1990The cloning of Dolly the sheepAD 1996Benjamin Netanyahu elected Israel’s prime ministerAD 1996
Now see where it sits
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