Nicolaus Copernicus was born on this day in 1473, in Torun, a place in north-central Poland. Copernicus , the father of modern astronomy, put to rest the idea that the sun, moon, and planets revolved around Earth. Copernicus said Earth, the planets, and the moon revolved around the sun.

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John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth aboard Friendship 7, a Mercury space capsule, on this day in 1962. Prior to becoming one of the seven original American astronauts, Glenn was a pilot in the U.S Marines. Glenn returned to space aboard the space shuttle Discovery in 1998.

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