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Apollo 9

Apollo 9 (March 3–13, 1969) was the third crewed mission in the United States Apollo program. Launched by a Saturn V rocket and flown in Low Earth Orbit, the mission flight-qualified the Lunar Module (LM), showing that its crew could fly it independently, then rendezvous and dock, as would be required for Apollo 11, the first crewed lunar landing. Commander James McDivitt, Command Module Pilot David Scott, and Lunar Module Pilot Rusty Schweickart tested systems and procedures critical to landing on the Moon. A spacewalk tested the extravehicular life support backpack. McDivitt and Schweickart, entering the lunar module through the docking tunnel, became the first humans to pass between spacecraft without going outside them, two months after Soviet cosmonauts spacewalked to transfer between Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5. Apollo 9, a complete success, was followed by Apollo 10, the dress rehearsal for Apollo 11. This photograph, taken by Schweickart, shows Scott performing a stand-up extravehicular activity from the Command Module Gumdrop, seen from docked LM Spider.

Photograph credit: Rusty Schweickart / NASA

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Rockefeller Foundation is a stub and it has not been updated to reflect the historical event. If and when those two things change, this entry can go back in. --mav 00:37, 29 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Sirhan Sirhan is a stub. Robert F. Kennedy is not, so I'm going to create a Robert F. Kennedy entry on the day of his death. --mav 00:37, 29 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Same as RFK. Please read the guidelines. --mav

Liberation of Bulgaria

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Please fix year to 1878 (currently shown: 1978). Thanks. --Cryout 00:24, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]


Steve Irwin - did not die on March 3. this is not the date on his Bio page and as March 3 is my Birthdqay I would have remembered if the ensuing drama after his death occurred on my birthday.

March 3, 2011, marks the 60th anniversary of the (probable) recording date of "Rocket 88" by Jackie Brenston with Ike Turner, widely cited as "the first rock and roll record".[1][2] This should be marked in some way. I'm aware of some differences between sources as to whether it was recorded on 3 March or 5 March 1951 - there appears to be no consensus, but this should not stand in the way of commemorating the event. Ghmyrtle (talk) 15:20, 28 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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howcheng {chat} 03:10, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013

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2013 marks the centennial of the Woman Suffrage Parade of 1913, an important event for women's suffrage in the US. Gobōnobō + c 17:31, 17 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Alas, the article is in dire need of more references. Luckily, you have a couple of weeks to improve it. howcheng {chat} 18:55, 17 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I'll see what I can do. Gobōnobō + c 07:02, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I've provided more sources for the article. While it still could use some expansion, the article has most of the salient details. Gobōnobō + c 16:23, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Looks good to go. Nice work! howcheng {chat} 16:35, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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howcheng {chat} 06:00, 2 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Ruins of the municipal archive of Cologne

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So what is the point of featuring the "Ruins of the municipal archive of Cologne" - feature something more positive and educational. - Owain Knight (talk) 20:58, 2 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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