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History: April 4 (#1)

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History: April 4 (#1)
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April 4, 1996

Comet Hyakutake is imaged by the USA Asteroid Orbiter Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous.

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On April 4, in the year 1996: Comet Hyakutake is imaged by the USA Asteroid Orbiter Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous. Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous – Shoemaker, renamed after its 1996 launch in honor of planetary scientist Eugene Shoemaker, was a robotic space probe designed by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory for NASA to study the near-Earth asteroid Eros from close orbit over a period of a year.

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Why April 4, 1996 matters: Comet Hyakutake is imaged by the USA Asteroid Orbiter Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous. What began on this day left a lasting mark on history. The effects were felt immediately and continued to shape events, ideas, and lives long afterwards.

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Historical context: April 4, 1996 The 20th century brought rapid advances in health, communication, science, and technology that reshaped everyday human experience. The event on this day: Comet Hyakutake is imaged by the USA Asteroid Orbiter Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEAR_Shoemaker (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)