1988 Renato Salvatori, actor (Burn, Luna, 2 Women), dies
1976 U.S.S.R.'s Luna 24 soft-lands on Moon
1976 U.S.S.R. launches Luna 24, last Lunar flight to date from Earth
1974 Luna 23 launched (landing on Moon)
1973 Luna 21 launched, to Moon
1973 U.S.S.R. launches Luna 21 for Moon landing
1972 Luna 20 (Russia) launched to orbit and soft landing on Moon
1970 Luna 17, with unmanned self-propelled Lunokhod 1, is launched
1970 Soviet Luna 16 lands on earth after 1st unmanned round trip to moon
1970 Luna 16 leaves Moon
1970 Luna 16 lands on Moon's Mare Fecunditatis, drills core sample
1970 Luna 16 Launch (Moon Sample Return)
1970 U.S.S.R. launches Luna 16; returns samples from lunar Sea of Fertility
1969 Russia's Luna 15 impacts moon after 52 lunar orbits
1969 Russia launches unmanned Luna 15 to Moon
1966 Luna 13 lands on Moon
1966 U.S.S.R. launches Luna 13; soft-landed in Oceanus Procellarum
1966 U.S.S.R. launches Luna 12 for orbit around Moon
1966 U.S.S.R. launches Luna 11 for orbit around Moon
1966 Luna 10 orbits Moon
1966 Soviet Union's Luna 10 becomes 1st spacecraft to orbit Moon
1966 U.S.S.R. launches Luna 10, 1st lunar orbiter
1966 1st soft landing on Moon (Soviet Luna 9)
1966 U.S.S.R. launches Luna 9 towards Moon
1965 U.S.S.R. launches Luna 8; crashes on Moon
1965 U.S.S.R. launches Luna 7; crash lands on Moon
1965 U.S.S.R. launches Luna 6; missed Moon
1965 Luna 5 launched (U.S.S.R.) 1st attempt to soft land on Moon (fails)
1965 U.S.S.R. launches Luna 5; later impacts on Moon
1963 U.S.S.R. launches Luna 4; missed Moon by 8,500 km
1963 Soviet Luna (4) reaches Earth orbit but fails to reach Moon
1959 Far side of Moon seen for 1st time, compliments of U.S.S.R.'s Luna 3
1959 Soviet Luna 3, 1st successful photographic spacecraft, impacts Moon
1959 U.S.S.R. Luna 3 sent back 1st photos of Moon's far side
1959 U.S.S.R.'s Luna 2 becomes 1st probe to contact another celestial body
1959 Luna 2 launched by U.S.S.R.; 1st spacecraft to impact on Moon
1959 Luna 1 (Mechta) becomes 1st craft to leave Earth's gravity
1959 U.S.S.R. launches Mechta (Luna 1) for 1st lunar fly-by, 1st solar orbit
1958 Fernando Luna, Spain, tennis star
1955 Lucia Mendez, Mexico, spanish singer, Lucia es Luna Moreno
1946 Bigas Luna, director and writer, Anguish
1942 Pablo Luna y Carne, composer, dies at 61
1939 Barbara Luna, born in New York City, actress, 5 Weeks in a Balloon, Gentle Savage
1880 Pablo Luna y Carne, composer
1866 Paul Lincke, German composer and conductor /publisher, Frau Luna
1559 Spanish explorer de Luna lands in Pensacola Bay,Fla
1423 Benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies
1394 Cardinal Pedro de Luna of Aragon chosen (anti)pope Benedictus XIII
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