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Date
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1st March, 1924 Birthday of Deke Slayton
(One of the original Mercury astronauts, though he never made it into space)
3rd March, 1703 Anniversary of the death of astronomer Robert Hooke
6th March, 1927 Birthday of Astronaut Leroy G. Cooper
(Project Mercury Astronaut on board Faith 7)
7th March, 1792 Birthday of John Herschel
12th March, 1923 Birthday of Astronaut Walter M. Schirra
Only astronaut to fly on all three major missions (Mercury, Gemini & Apollo)
13th March, 1855 Birthday of Astrnomer Percival Lowell
14th Match, 1934 Birthday of astronaut Eugene A. Cernan
(Gemini and Apollo Astronaut)
15th March, 1932 BIrthday of Astronaut Alan l. Bean
(Gemini, Apollo & Skylab astronaut)
16th March, 1750 Birthday of Astronomer caroline herschel
16th March, 1966 Launch of Gemini VIII spacecraft
23rd March, 1749 Birthday of Pierre-Simon Laplace
(Mathematician & astronomer)
23rd March, 1965 Launch of Gemini III spacecraft
25th March, 1928 Birthday of Astronaut James A. Lovell
(Gemini astronaut & Apollo 13 commander)
31st March, 1643 anniversary of the death of Sir Isaac Newton