[[1928]] – The "Iron Lung" was used by its first patient, a young girl in Boston. The artificial respirator enabled her to breathe, despite being paralyzed by polio. <br>[[1964]] – The Soviet Union launches the "Voskhod 1 " into [[Earth]] orbit as , and is the first [[spacecraft]] with a multi-person [[crew]] and the first flight without space suits.<br />[[2005]] – :* The second Chinese crew includes scientist Konstaintin Feoktistov and physician Boris Yegorov. They returned after 16 [[humanorbit]] spaceflight Shenzhou 6 launched carrying Fèi Jùnlóng and Niè Hǎishèng for five days in orbits around the planet.<br>
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