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LOOKING BACK AT TODAY IN HISTORY ~

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                                 on air sign      

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                 John Belmont

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GEMINI 7 LAUNCHED ON THIS DAY IN 1965

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Crew members James Lovell and Frank Borman

Gemini 7 was the 4th manned Gemini flight with Air Force Lt. Col. Frank Borman
and Navy Comdr. James A. Lovell on board. They spent nearly 14 days in space
making a total of 206 orbits, and were joined by the Gemini-6A flight which then 
performed the first rendezvous maneuver of manned spacecraft.

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lovell today          borman now
James Lovell, 85 (3-25-1928)                      Frank Borman, 85 (3-14-1928)

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CREATED ON THIS DAY IN 1941

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Civil Air Patrol (CAP) is a Congressionally chartered, volunteer, federally supported
non-profit organization that serves as the official civilian auxiliary of the United States
Air Force.
 
The CAP was created with Administrative Order 9, signed by New York
Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia. Major General John F. Curry was appointed as the
first national commander. 

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Major General John F. Curry

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Civil Air Patrol Cessna T182T

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LOOKING BACK AT TODAY IN HISTORY ~

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     John Belmont

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CHIMP ORBITS EARTH ON THIS DAY IN 1961

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Enos the chimp in a flight couch, about to make his space flight from 
Cape Canaveral, Florida

Mercury-Atlas 5 was a unmanned spaceflight of the Mercury program. It
was launched with a 5 1/2 year old chimpanzee named Enos aboard. The
craft orbited the Earth twice and splashed down about 200 miles south of
Bermuda.

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