Record-Setting Spacewalk on Shuttle Endeavour’s First Mission

On May 13, 1992

Three astronauts, Richard J. Hieb, Thomas D. Akers, and Pierre J. Thuot, simultaneously walked in space for the first time.

This Day in History - May 13

2019

A new study was published in the journal 'Nature Geoscience,' which showed that the moon is still shrinking with recent moonquakes as it cools.

1949

The first British-made jet bomber, the English Electric Canberra, made its first test flight.

2024

OpenAI's newest version of ChatGPT, GPT-4 Omni (GPT-4o), went live.

1967

Zakir Husain began an almost two-year term as President of India.

1981

An assassination attempt was made on Pope John Paul II.

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