Not much to say today, but on behalf of the starry-eyed membership of the NFZ I'd like to wish our readership a very happy Yuri's Night.

"What the hell is Yuri's Night?" Well, it's the annual celebration of the first manned spaceflight in human history, April 12 1961, Yuri Gagarin and Vostok 1. It's also the anniversary of the first flight of the space shuttle Columbia. Everybody who celebrates Yuri's Night has a different specific reason for doing it, but the general celebration is all about humanity reaching beyond the planet for the very first time.

So drink a toast to Yuri Gagarin, the first of many.

Posted by the Fourth Man at April 12, 2004 07:15 PM

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