UPCOMING IMPORTANT CALENDAR DATES
Attention Docents, Teachers, Educators: As you know, I keep track of the anniversary dates for milestone events in aviation and Space exploration, along with dates for notable events and people, to help engage learner interest with familiar connections. It can be worthwhile to look ahead to see keys dates in 2025 that you may wish to use, or avoid, when planning educational programs, class activities, or other outreach interactions. Having info you don’t need is better than needing info you don’t have!
2025 ANNIVERSARY-RELATED PROGRAMMING OPPORTUNITIES! Round-number anniversaries/birthdays, etc. for 2025 can be found in the Archive: Other Stuff section of the website. Such dates likely attract media and other attention, and can be used in aviation, astronomy, and Space exploration programming to engage audiences.
Examples include: February 2, the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Kelly Act, a major boon for early commercial air transport; April 1, the 60th birthday of Earth Day, catalyzed by the famed Earthrise picture taken by Apollo 8’s Bill Anders; May 8, the 80th anniversary of VE Day, in which aviation played a key role; July 17, the 50th anniversary of the “Handshake in Space,” starting the US/Russia partnering in Spacefaring activities; August 6, the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, the death of Ace of Aces Richard Bong in a flight test accident, and the first test flight of the U-2 aircraft prototype; August 20, the 50th anniversary of the launch of the Viking 1 Mars spacecraft, which gave us our first really good look at Mars; and October 1, the 80th anniversary of the publication of Arthur C. Clarke’s concept of geostationary communications relay satellites, now been utilized quite fully!
There are many more important dates and engaging calendar co-incidences to be found in the spreadsheet in the Archive: Other Stuff page of the A+StW website.
See the “Summary of the 2025 ANNIVERSARIES AND BIRTHDAYS OF NOTE” spreadsheet in the Archive: Other Stuff section of the A+StW website!