Time After Time

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Your mission is to create a timeline by placing the following astronomical events in chronological order. You may wish to use the Space Stuff section to help you meet your goal.

In the center column you will see a date. The left column contains an Earth-bound event that occurred during that year. You must decide what space-related event also occurred that same year. Place the appropriate letter in the box located in the right column. Once you have completed the chart, check your skills by clicking on the check-me box.

American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on the moon.
The United States launched the Space Shuttle Columbia. Columbia was the first reusable manned spacecraft ever to be launched.
John Glenn orbited the Earth three times in Friendship 7.
The Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after take-off, killing all seven astronauts on board.
The Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the world's first man-made satellite.
The final and longest Apollo mission to the moon occurred as Apollo 17 spent twelve days on the moon's surface.
Dr. Valeri Polyakov, a Russian cosmonaut, ended a 14 month stay aboard Space Station Mir, claiming the record for the longest continuous stay in space.
Sally Ride became the first American woman in space when she launched aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger.
A cockpit fire during an Apollo 1 training exercise claimed the lives of astronauts Edward White II, Roger Chaffee, and Virgil Grissom.
The Hubble Telescope was launched aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery and deployed in space.

Description	Date	Answer
The Treaty of Rome led to the formation of the European Economic Community. Known as the Common Market, it originally included six countries, but had grown to twelve by 1983.	1957
The USSR set up nuclear weapon bases in Cuba. Alarmed that nuclear weapons were only 90 miles from the coast of the United States, President Kennedy demanded that the weapons be removed. Soviet leaders agreed and the weapons left Cuba.	1962
As the United States became more involved in the Vietnam conflict in Southeast Asia, more Americans took to the streets to demonstrate for peace.	1967
Robin Knox Johnston became the first person to sail around the world without stopping. The journey took a total of 312 days.	1969
Mark Spitz, an American swimmer, became the first person to win seven gold medals at a single Olympic Games.	1972
Sandra Day O'Connor became the first woman to be appointed to the United States Supreme Court.	1981
President Reagan ordered the invasion of Granada, an island in the Caribbean, after rebels took over the government there and threatened American medical students in the area.	1983
After twenty years as president and dictator, Ferdinand Marcos was removed from power in the Philippines and sent into exile. Corazon Aquino assumed the role as president of the Philippines.	1986
The Republics of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia demanded, and eventually received, their independence from the USSR.	1990
The presidents of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia met to sign an agreement to bring peace to the war-torn Balkan region. The agreement called for Bosnia-Herzegovina to be divided into a Bosnian-Croat federation and a Serbian Republic.	1995

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