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December 5, 2014

On December 5, 2014, exploration Flight Test-1, the first flight test of Orion, is launched. The year's #1 song was "Happy" by Pharrell Williams. Arabella Stanton, Arabella Stanton, Arabella Stanton would arrive in the same year.

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2014 (MMXIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2014th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 14th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 5th year of the 2010s decade.

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On December 5, 2014

  1. 2014 Exploration Flight Test-1, the first flight test of Orion, is launched.

    2014 unmanned test flight of the Orion spacecraft by NASA

    Exploration Flight Test-1 or EFT-1 was a technology demonstration mission and the first flight test of the crew module portion of the Orion spacecraft. Without a crew, it was launched on December 5, 2014, at 12:05 UTC by a Delta IV Heavy rocket from Space Launch Complex 37B at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

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Died on December 5, 2014

Ernest C. Brace (1931–2014) American aviator
Fabiola Queen of the Belgians from 1960 to 1993
Talât Sait Halman Turkish writer and historian (1931–2014)
Jackie Healy-Rae Irish politician (1931–2014)
Silvio Zavala Mexican historian (1909–2014)

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Arabella Stanton 2014– British actress, plays Hermione Granger
Arabella Stanton 2014– British actress, plays Hermione Granger
Arabella Stanton 2014– British actress, plays Hermione Granger
Arabella Stanton 2014– British actress, plays Hermione Granger

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