On June 4, 1942, the Battle of Midway—one of the most
decisive U.S. victories against Japan during World War II
—began.
During the four-day sea-and-air battle, the outnumbered
U.S. Pacific Fleet succeeded in destroying four Japanese
aircraft carriers while losing only one of its own, the
Yorktown, to the previously invincible Japanese navy.
CAMILLE BOHANNON
On June 3, 1965, 120 miles above the Earth, Major Edward H.
White II opened the hatch of the Gemini 4 and stepped out of
the capsule, becoming the first American astronaut to walk
in space.
Attached to the craft by a 25-foot tether and controlling his
movements with a hand-held oxygen jet-propulsion gun,
White remained outside the capsule for just over 20 minutes.
White had been preceded as a space walker, by Soviet
cosmonaut Aleksei A. Leonov, who on March 18, 1965,
was the first man ever to walk in space.
Astronaut Ed White was the first American to walk in space.
Left to right: Randy Z, Rick Derringer, Randy Jo Hobbs,
Ronnie Brandon – The McCoys.
Rick Derringer, lead singer of the 1965 smash hit "Hang on
Sloopy,"has died, according to an announcement from his
caretaker, Tony Wilson, and Guitar Player magazine.
Wilson’s post states that Derringer died Monday evening
in Ormond Beach, Fl. No cause of death was announced,
although he had been in ill health in recent months.
Rick Derringer (Richard Dean Zehringer; August 5, 1947 – May
26, 2025)
(FOX NEWS) – "Duck Dynasty" star Phil Roberton has
died. His family made the announcement on Sunday.
The TV personality’s daughter-in-law Korie Robertson announced the news on Instagram. Robertson had
previously battled Alzheimer’s disease.
The post read…"We celebrate today that our father,
husband, and grandfather, Phil Robertson, is now
with the Lord."
Original release on A&E from March 21, 2012
– April 5, 2017.
On May 25, 1994, the ashes of 71-year-old George Swanson are
buried (according to Swanson’s request) in the driver’s seat of
his 1984 white Corvette in Irwin, Pennsylvania.
Swanson, a beer distributor and former U.S. Army sergeant during
World War II, died the previous March 31 at the age of 71.
He had reportedly been planning his automobile burial for some
time, buying 12 burial plots at Brush Creek Cemetery, located 25
miles east of Pittsburgh, in order to ensure that his beloved
Corvette would fit in his grave with him.
After his death, however, the cemetery balked, amid concerns
of vandalism and worries that other clients would be offended
by the outlandish nature of the burial.
They finally relented after weeks of negotiations, but insisted
that the burial be private, and that the car be drained of fluids
to protect the environment.
