1996 Event Space Shuttle STS-78, Columbia 20, lands 1996 Event Space Shuttle STS-78, Columbia 20, launches into space 1963 Birthday Pedro Duque, born in Madrid, Spain, engineer and astronaut, STS-78 alt, sk:95 1957 Birthday Richard M Linnehan, Lowell Massachusetts, astronaut, STS-78, sk: 90 1953 Birthday Robert Brent Thirsk, BC Canada, astronaut, STS-78 1951 Birthday Charles E. Brady, Jr., Pinehurst, North Carolina, Commander USN/astronaut, STS-78 1949 Birthday Jean-Jacques Favier, born in Kehl, Germany, astronaut, STS-78