Today is 28th April, 09 and here’s what happened today in tech…

1 - 2001 Dennis Tito becomes the first space tourist by paying $20 million to fly on a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station.

2 – 1991 Space Shuttle STS-39 (Discovery 12) launched.

3 – 1986 Chernobyl, U.S.S.R. site of world’s worst nuclear power plant disaster.

4 – 1983 NASA launches Geos-F.

5 – 1958 Vanguard TV-5 launched for Earth orbit (failed).

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