2005 – Landing of Soyuz TMA-5 – After 193 days at the International Space Station, the Expedition 10 crew returned to a soft landing in Kazakhstan together with Italian Roberto Vittori who had flown up with the Expedition 11 crew on Soyuz TMA-6.
1990 – The Hubble Space Telescope is launched from the cargo bay of Space Shuttle Discovery, STS – 31
1971 – Soyuz 10 having failed its mission to dock with Salyut 1 returns to Earth.
1970 – China launches its first satellite, Dong Fang Hong 1, aka DFH Mao 1 .
1967 – Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov dies in Soyuz 1 when its parachute fails to open. He is the first human to die during a space mission.
1895 – Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail single-handedly around the world, sets sail from Boston, Massachusetts aboard the sloop Spray.