Astronaut Marcos Pontes

Marcos Pontes

Living place: Brazil

Birthday: 11-3-1963 (61 years old)

Population of the world 1963: 3.205 billions

Global rank: #68127

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Astronaut Marcos Pontes profile

Who is Astronaut Marcos Pontes?
Brazilian pilot who in 2006 became the first person from his country to enter space.
He spent a week in space as a crew member on NASA's Expedition 12.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He reached the rank of lieutenant colonel as a fighter pilot of the Brazilian Air Force.

Family life info

He had two children with Francisca de Fatima Cavalcanti.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Astronaut Marcos Pontes?
He, like Marc Garneau, was the first astronaut from his country.

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Summary of Marcos Pontes profile

When was Astronaut Marcos Pontes born?
Marcos Pontes birthday 11-3-1963 (at the age of 61).
Where is Astronaut Marcos Pontes's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Marcos Pontes was born in Brazil. is a Astronaut, whose Zodiac is Pisces, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Cat. Marcos Pontes's global rank is 68127 and whose rank is 167 in list of famous Astronaut. Population of the world in 1963 is about 3.205 billions persons.
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Events in 1963 and 11-3

Events in the world in the birth year of Marcos Pontes

  • France and West Germany sign treaty of cooperation ending four centuries of conflict (Jan. 22).
  • Pope John XXIII dies (June 3), and is succeeded June 21 by Cardinal Montini, who becomes Paul VI.
  • British Secretary of War John Profumo resigns in the wake of an affair with Christine Keeler, a teenage showgirl who was also involved with the Soviet naval attaché (June).
  • Washington-to-Moscow "hot line" communications link opens, designed to reduce risk of accidental war (Aug. 30). Background: cold war
  • Kenya achieves independence.
  • There are 15,000 US military advisers in South Vietnam. Background: Vietnam War
  • 32 independent African nations establish the Organization for African Unity.

Birthday Marcos Pontes (11-3) in history

  • Day 11-3 year 1861: The Confederate States of America adopted its constitution.
  • Day 11-3 year 1888: A torrential rainstorm hit the East Coast. The rain turned to snow the next day and it became the Blizzard of 1888, the most famous snowstorm in American history. It caused more than 400 deaths.
  • Day 11-3 year 1930: William Howard Taft became the first U.S. president to be buried in the National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.
  • Day 11-3 year 1941: President Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Bill.
  • Day 11-3 year 1942: General Douglas MacArthur leaves the Philippines saying, "I shall return."
  • Day 11-3 year 1985: Mikhail Gorbachev became head of the Soviet Union following the death of Konstantin Chernenko. At 54, he was the youngest member of the ruling Politburo.
  • Day 11-3 year 1990: Augusto Pinochet of Chile, dictator since 1973, steps down.
  • Day 11-3 year 1993: Janet Reno won unanimous Senate confirmation to be the first female U.S. Attorney General.
  • Day 11-3 year 2004: Over 200 people were killed and over 1,400 were injured when bombs exploded in Madrid train stations. Al-Qaeda took responsibility for the attacks.
  • Day 11-3 year 2011: Japan is hit by an enormous earthquake that triggers a deadly 23-foot tsunami in the country's north, about 230 miles northeast of Tokyo. Cooling systems in one of the reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station fail shortly after the earthquake, causing a nuclear crisis.
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