Daniel Sexton Gurney had been a race car driver, constructor, and team owner
since 1958. Gurney also won races in the Indy Car, NASCAR, Can-Am, and Trans-
Am Series. At the 1968 German Grand Prix he became the first driver ever to use
a full face helmet in Grand Prix racing.

Dan Gurney won his first Grand Prix victory with his Porsche in the French Grand Prix at Rouen in 1962.

The $3,000,000 Jefferson Memorial was officially dedicated by President Roosevelt
(left) on April 13, 1943, the 200th anniversary of Jefferson’s birthday. At that time, 
the statue of Jefferson had not yet been finished,due to material shortages during
World War II. The statue that was installed at the time was a plaster cast of the
sculptors work that had been painted to look like bronze. The finished bronze
statue was installed in 1947. 

 
Rare Official Program for the Dedication of the Jefferson Memorial

Apollo 13 crew from left: Lunar Module Pilot Fred Haise, Command Module 
Pilot Jack Swigert, and Commander James Lovell.

The Medal of Freedom

The Apollo 13 astronauts receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Richard Nixon

Paul Revere & the Raiders recorded their version of “Louie Louie”
in the same recording studio as The Kingsmen, Northwestern Inc.
on SW 13th in Portland, Oregon.