This day in: 1974 & 1976 06 Jul 2010

6 July 1974
The Aerospatiale/Westland SA.341 Gazelle entered service with the UK Army, equipping No.660 Squadron, Army Air Corps.

6 July 1976
The Soviet Union launched Soyuz 21 to dock with Salyut 5 in orbit. Cosmonauts Boris Volynov and Vitali Zholobov carried out a 49 day 5 hour 24 minute space mission.

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