Robert H. Lawrence, Jr. was selected as the first African-American astronaut.
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Astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus made his first observation of Saturn.
Sultan bin Salman Al Saud became the first Arab and the first Muslim to fly into space.
Kepler's Supernova was discovered.
Amateur astronomer Gennady Borisov discovered a strange comet in another star system.
A conjunction of Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and the Moon occurred.
