One of the largest military conflicts in North American history began on July
1, 1863, when Union and Confederate forces collided at Gettysburg, PA. The
epic battle lasted three days and resulted in a retreat to Virginia by General
Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia.
Robert Edward Lee
(January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870)
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The Gettysburg Battlefield as it looks today on the rolling hills to the
west of town.
CAMILLE
BOHANNON
A young Jay Leno (above) debuted as the new permanent
host of NBC’s "Tonight Show" on this day in 1992.
Billy Crystal as Jay Leno’s first guest on the ‘Tonight Show’.
Launching of the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) rocket from Cape
Canaveral on astronaut Alan B. Shepard’s Freedom 7 suborbital
mission.
From Cape Canaveral, Florida, Navy Commander Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr.
is launched into space aboard the Freedom 7 space capsule, becoming the
first American astronaut to travel into space. The suborbital flight, which
lasted 15 minutes and reached a height of 116 miles into the atmosphere,
was a major triumph for NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration.
Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998)
CAMILLE BOHANNON
SANDY KOZEL
