American explorer Richard Byrd and three companions made the
first flight over the South Pole, flying from their base on the Ross
Ice Shelf to the pole and back in 18 hours and 41 minutes.

Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr.
(October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957)

 
The crew of “Little Joe”, with Sanford G. Roy circled in red.   Defense (POW/MIA) Accounting Agency.

According to military officials this week, the remains of a World
War II airman were identified 80 years after his plane was shot
down during a bombing mission in Germany.

In the spring of 1944, U.S. Army Air Force Tech. Sgt. Sanford G.
Roy, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, was assigned to the 732nd Bombardment Squadron in the European Theater. 

A news release from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency 
said Roy and several other airmen were aboard the B-24H
Liberator "Little Joe" on a bombing mission to Brunswick,
Germany on April 8.

The plane was shot down by German forces and other airmen
flying near the aircraft did not report seeing any crew members
exiting "Little Joe" before it crashed. His name was engraved
on the Walls of the Missing at the Netherlands American
Cemetery. 

Sanford G. Roy.

Sketches of the mysterious DB Cooper compiled from descriptions by passengers and crew from the hijacked
flight. (FBI)

A hijacker who became known as D.B. Cooper parachuted from
a Northwest Orient Airlines 727 into a raging thunderstorm over Washington State. He had $200,000 in ransom money in his
possession. His brazen crime still stands as one of the most
mysterious in history.

Most authorities have assumed he died during his seemingly
suicidal jump. No trace of Cooper was ever found after a massive 
search. 
       
Cooper’s true identity has never been determined conclusively.

Cooper commandeered the aircraft shortly after takeoff, showing
a flight attendant something that looked like a bomb and informing
the crew that he wanted $200,000, four parachutes, and “no funny
stuff.” The plane landed at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport,
where authorities met Cooper’s demands and evacuated most of
the passengers.

N467US, the Northwest aircraft involved in the hijacking.         
          
         

Crew of Flight 305 upon landing in Reno: (left to right)
Captain William Scott, Co-pilot Bill Rataczak, Flight
Attendant Tina Mucklow, Flight Engineer Harold E.
Anderson.

  
LBJ is sworn in as the 36th president of the United States
on Air Force One after JFK’s assassination in Dallas.

       
        
Immediately following the shooting of John F. Kennedy, the
motorcade rushed to Parkland Memorial Hospital, where
the president was pronounced dead about 30 minutes
after the murder.

President Lyndon B. Johnson was hastily sworn in as the 36th
president two hours and eight minutes later aboard Air Force
One at Dallas Love Field.

Air Force One leaves Dallas.

TIM MAGUIRE

"Dewey Defeats Truman" was an erroneous banner headline on
the front page of the early editions of the Chicago Daily Tribune
(later Chicago Tribune) on November 3, 1948, the day after
incumbent United States president Harry S. Truman won an
upset victory over his opponent, Governor Thomas E. Dewey
of New York, in the 1948 presidential election.

It was one of the greatest upsets in presidential election history
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Thomas Edmund Dewey (1902 – 1971)