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Lou Gehrig smacks a double against the White Sox in 1938.
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02
Jun
HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY
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29
Jan
MOVIE MASTERPIECE OPENED ON THIS DAY
Peter Sellers
Stanley Kubrick’s black comic masterpiece, Dr. Strangelove or:
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb opened in
theaters to both critical and popular acclaim. The movie’s
popularity was evidence of changing attitudes toward atomic
weapons and the concept of nuclear deterrence.
Peter Sellers
Peter Sellers
George C. Scott
Sterling Hayden
Slim Pickens
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27
Jan
BOMBING RAID BEGAN ON THIS DAY IN 1943
A B-17 crew from the United States Army Air Force’s Eighth
Air Force, 385th Bomb Group, plot a target on a map prior
to a mission.
The U.S. Eighth Air Force launched its bombing campaign against
Nazi Germany, one of the largest, most important and most
devastating strategic initiatives in the annals of warfare, on this
day in history, Jan. 27, 1943.
The crew of the B-17 Flying Fortress Knock-out Dropper
bomber.
10
Nov
AIR FORCE BOMBER’S FIRST FLIGHT TODAY
Newest Air Force stealth bomber, the $750M B-21 Raider,
takes to the air for the time.
The U.S. Air Force’s long-awaited B-21 stealth bomber took its
first test flight in California on Friday.
According to the Air Force, the aircraft, developed by Northrop Grumman, is expected to be operational by 2030. It can carry
both "conventional and nuclear munitions" and will "provide
our nation with a strategic asset capable of penetrating enemy
air defenses in highly contested environments and striking
targets anywhere in the world."
(FOX NEWS)
21
Sep
BOMBER TOOK FLIGHT ON THIS DAY IN 1942
On September 21, 1942, the U.S. B-29 Superfortress made its
debut flight in Seattle, Washington. It was the largest bomber
used in the war by any nation.
The B-29 was conceived in 1939 by Gen. Hap Arnold.
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