Edgar Dean Mitchell, Sc.D. was born in Hereford, Texas

Mitchell is a retired U.S. Navy Captain, pilot and NASA astronaut. As the 
lunar module pilot of Apollo 14, he spent nine hours working on the lunar 
surface, making him the sixth person to walk on the Moon. Mitchell was
awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Richard Nixon
in 1970.

     
        Tim Maguire

Isaac Sidney Caesar is 91 today

                                        
                                      Sandy Kozel

                   
                             Sandy Kozel

Colonel Horace A. Hanes with his F-100C, Super Saber, at Edwards 
AFB, California after setting a supersonic speed record.

U.S. Air Force pilot Colonel Hanes, flew to Mach 1.25 at an altitude of 
40,000 feet and broke the flight airspeed record at 822.135 mph at the 
National Air Show. This was the first supersonic world speed record. It 
was also the first speed record set at high altitude. All speed records
in the past were set close to the ground for measurement purposes,
  

The Mackay Trophy is awarded yearly by the U.S. Air Force
for the "most meritorious flight of the year".