CARLATA BRADLEY
1962
Francis Gary Powers (17 August 1929 – 1 August 1977).
1992
1949 Broadway opening on this day.
Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005)
(1978)
NEWPORT NEWS, VA (AP). – The U.S. Navy has officially decommissioned the
world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.
During Friday’s ceremony at a Newport News shipyard, the USS Enterprise was
described as a "legendary" vessel that helped shape history. It served more than
50 years, playing a role in the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam and the wars in Iraq
and Afghanistan.
The ship was retired from service in 2012. The Navy has spent the last few
years defueling its reactors. The ship will eventually be taken apart and its
metal recycled.
USS Enterprise returns home from deployment for the last time.
JOHN BELMONT
In 1958 the first domestic passenger jet flight took place in the U.S.
when 111 passengers flew from New York to Miami on a National
Airlines Boeing 707.
Arizona Memorial and USS Missouri.
