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Events on Saturday 26 May 1951 2
1951 – 2024Muhammed Faris (1951-2024)Died 19 April 2024, aged 72Syrian pilot and air force officer, the first Syrian citizen to travel into space.
1951 – 2012Sally Ride (1951-2012)Died 23 July 2012, aged 61American astronaut and physicist who became the first American woman in space aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1983. She died of pancreatic cancer.