Torah Bright’s Birthday (Australian Snowboarder )She is Australia’s most successful Winter Olympian, former Olympic gold and silver medalist, two time X Games gold medalist, two time US Open winner, two-time Global Open Champion, three-time World Superpipe Champion, former TTR World Champion and recipient of the Best Female Action Sports Athlete at the ESPY awards. In 2014 Bright became the first Olympic athlete (male or female) to qualify for all three snowboarding disciplines; halfpipe, slopestyle and border-cross.

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• 1968 – Apollo program: Apollo 8 splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, ending the first orbital manned mission to the Moon.