# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3219
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64368 "2019-02-20T15:35:55Z")
On this day in 1962, John Glenn was the first American to orbit Earth, so list of objects or people that have orbited Earth. 1. John Glenn 2. Yuri Gagarin 3. Laika 4. Marc Garneau The first Canadian in space. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64369 "2019-02-20T15:39:47Z")
On this day in 1962, John Glenn was the first American to orbit Earth, so list of objects or people that have orbited Earth. 1. John Glenn 2. Yuri Gagarin 3. Laika 4. Marc Garneau 5. Timothy Leary’s ashes ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64370 "2019-02-20T16:06:52Z")
On this day in 1962, John Glenn was the first American to orbit Earth, so list of objects or people that have orbited Earth. 1. John Glenn 2. Yuri Gagarin 3. Laika 4. Marc Garneau 5. Timothy Leary’s ashes 6. Telstar ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64371 "2019-02-20T16:37:53Z")
On this day in 1962, John Glenn was the first American to orbit Earth, so list of objects or people that have orbited Earth. 1. John Glenn 2. Yuri Gagarin 3. Laika 4. Marc Garneau 5. Timothy Leary’s ashes 6. Telstar 7. the Moon ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64372 "2019-02-20T16:54:56Z")
On this day in 1962, John Glenn was the first American to orbit Earth, so list of objects or people that have orbited Earth. 1. John Glenn 2. Yuri Gagarin 3. Laika 4. Marc Garneau 5. Timothy Leary’s ashes 6. Telstar 7. the Moon 8. Sally Ride First American woman in space. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64373 "2019-02-20T17:18:13Z")
On this day in 1962, John Glenn was the first American to orbit Earth, so list of objects or people that have orbited Earth. 1. John Glenn 2. Yuri Gagarin 3. Laika 4. Marc Garneau 5. Timothy Leary’s ashes 6. Telstar 7. the Moon 8. Sally Ride 9. 2006 RH120 Now and then; most recently in June 2007: [2006 RH120 - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_RH120) ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64374 "2019-02-20T20:52:51Z")
On this day in 1962, John Glenn was the first American to orbit Earth, so list of objects or people that have orbited Earth. 1. John Glenn 2. Yuri Gagarin 3. Laika 4. Marc Garneau 5. Timothy Leary’s ashes 6. Telstar 7. the Moon 8. Sally Ride 9. 2006 RH120 10. Mae Jemison ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64375 "2019-02-20T21:09:50Z")
On this day in 1962, John Glenn was the first American to orbit Earth, so list of objects or people that have orbited Earth. 1. John Glenn 2. Yuri Gagarin 3. Laika 4. Marc Garneau 5. Timothy Leary’s ashes 6. Telstar 7. the Moon 8. Sally Ride 9. 2006 RH120 10. Mae Jemison 11. The sun, prior to 1543 ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64376 "2019-02-20T21:14:11Z")
On this day in 1962, John Glenn was the first American to orbit Earth, so list of objects or people that have orbited Earth. 1. John Glenn 2. Yuri Gagarin 3. Laika 4. Marc Garneau 5. Timothy Leary’s ashes 6. Telstar 7. the Moon 8. Sally Ride 9. 2006 RH120 10. Mae Jemison 11. The sun, prior to 1543 12. KH-11 Kennen ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64377 "2019-02-20T21:52:24Z")
On this day in 1962, John Glenn was the first American to orbit Earth, so list of objects or people that have orbited Earth. 1. John Glenn 2. Yuri Gagarin 3. Laika 4. Marc Garneau 5. Timothy Leary’s ashes 6. Telstar 7. the Moon 8. Sally Ride 9. 2006 RH120 10. Mae Jemison 11. The sun, prior to 1543 12. KH-11 Kennen 13. Sputnik New They were working on changing it years/decades/centuries ago–but there’s still no change or solution yet 1. Abolition of the US electoral college On Fe, 20, 1969, 50 years ago today, Nixon asked Congress to begin the process of abolishing the Electoral College with a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution to be considered by the states ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64378 "2019-02-21T01:37:13Z")
They were working on changing it years/decades/centuries ago–but there’s still no change or solution yet 1. Abolition of the US electoral college 2. Equal Rights Amendment ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64379 "2019-02-21T04:59:23Z")
They were working on changing it years/decades/centuries ago–but there’s still no change or solution yet 1. Abolition of the US electoral college 2. Equal Rights Amendment 3. Loss of beach sand ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64380 "2019-02-21T05:58:46Z")
They were working on changing it years/decades/centuries ago–but there’s still no change or solution yet 1. Abolition of the US electoral college 2. Equal Rights Amendment 3. Loss of beach sand 4. Great Pacific Garbage Patch ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64381 "2019-02-21T07:20:49Z")
They were working on changing it years/decades/centuries ago–but there’s still no change or solution yet 1. Abolition of the US electoral college 2. Equal Rights Amendment 3. Loss of beach sand 4. Great Pacific Garbage Patch 5. cure for Alzheimer’s ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64382 "2019-02-21T09:46:01Z")
They were working on changing it years/decades/centuries ago–but there’s still no change or solution yet 1. Abolition of the US electoral college 2. Equal Rights Amendment 3. Loss of beach sand 4. Great Pacific Garbage Patch 5. cure for Alzheimer’s 6. Cure for Cancer ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64383 "2019-02-21T13:26:43Z")
They were working on changing it years/decades/centuries ago–but there’s still no change or solution yet 1. Abolition of the US electoral college 2. Equal Rights Amendment 3. Loss of beach sand 4. Great Pacific Garbage Patch 5. cure for Alzheimer’s 6. Cure for Cancer 7. End to bigotry ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64384 "2019-02-21T14:18:43Z")
They were working on changing it years/decades/centuries ago–but there’s still no change or solution yet 1. Abolition of the US electoral college 2. Equal Rights Amendment 3. Loss of beach sand 4. Great Pacific Garbage Patch 5. cure for Alzheimer’s 6. Cure for Cancer 7. End to bigotry 8. AIDS vaccine ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64385 "2019-02-21T14:39:02Z")
They were working on changing it years/decades/centuries ago–but there’s still no change or solution yet 1. Abolition of the US Electoral College 2. Equal Rights Amendment 3. Loss of beach sand 4. Great Pacific Garbage Patch 5. cure for Alzheimer’s 6. Cure for Cancer 7. End to bigotry 8. AIDS vaccine 9. world hunger ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64386 "2019-02-21T15:38:41Z")
They were working on changing it years/decades/centuries ago–but there’s still no change or solution yet 1. Abolition of the US Electoral College 2. Equal Rights Amendment 3. Loss of beach sand 4. Great Pacific Garbage Patch 5. cure for Alzheimer’s 6. Cure for Cancer 7. End to bigotry 8. AIDS vaccine 9. world hunger 10. [Censoring Rock Music](https://www.rockhall.com/rock-and-roll-vs-censorship) (good luck with that one) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64387 "2019-02-21T15:39:11Z")
They were working on changing it years/decades/centuries ago–but there’s still no change or solution yet 1. Abolition of the US Electoral College 2. Equal Rights Amendment 3. Loss of beach sand 4. Great Pacific Garbage Patch 5. cure for Alzheimer’s 6. Cure for Cancer 7. End to bigotry 8. AIDS vaccine 9. world hunger 10. Censoring Rock Music (good luck with that one) 11. Inner-city poverty [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3218) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3220)