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   Kyonshi to David Dalton   
   Re: Yuri's Night   
   25 Apr 25 14:08:01   
   
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   From: gmkeros@gmail.com   
      
   On 4/10/2025 8:00 AM, David Dalton wrote:   
   > April 12 is Yuri’s Night.   
   >   
   >  From Wikipedia:   
   >   
   > "Yuri's Night is an international celebration held every April 12 to   
   > commemorate milestones in space exploration. It is named for   
   > the first human to launch into space, Yuri Gagarin, who flew the   
   > Vostok 1 spaceship on April 12, 1961."   
   >   
      
   Technically all humans are in space, they just don't see it like that.   
      
   But that's not a quibble with what Mr. Gagarin did.   
      
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