Netherlands
Anniversaries in 1994
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250th birth anniversary of Eise Eisinga (1744-1828)
Eise Jeltes Eisinga (21 February 1744 – 27 August 1828) was a Frisian astronomer who built the Eise Eisinga Planetarium in his house in Franeker, Dutch Republic. The orrery still exists and is the oldest functioning planetarium in the world.
25th Anniversary of First Manned Moon Landing
Netherlands · 05/05/1994
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25th Anniversary of First Manned Moon Landing
A Moon landing or lunar landing is the arrival of a crewed or robotic spacecraft on the Moon. The first human-made object to touch the Moon was Luna 2 in 1959, and the first crewed mission to land on the Moon was Apollo 11 in 1969. There were six crewed landings between 1969 and 1972 and numerous uncrewed landings.