The ferry carrier, USNS Core, arrived in Saigon with the first U,S,
helicopter unit. This contingent included 33 H-21C Shawnee Pysanki
helicopters and 400 air and ground crewmen to operate and maintain
them.Their assignment was to airlift South Vietnamese Army troops into combat.
The Soviet Union launched Sputnik I into orbit around the Earth on this day in 1957. Sputnik was the first manmade satellite to enter space. It fell out of orbit on January 4, 1958.
The rocket that carried Sputnik 1, is shown on the launch pad.
The ‘Great Stone Face’ in 1925.
Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966)
Buster Keaton was best known for his silent films, in which his trademark was physical comedy with a consistent deadpan expression, earning him the nickname "The Great Stone Face". Critic Roger Ebert wrote of Keaton’s "extraordinary period from 1920 to 1929, [when] he worked on a series of films that make him, arguably, the greatest actor–director in the history of the movies". His career declined with a loss of his artistic independence when hired by MGMstudios, a divorce and alcoholism. He recovered in the 1940s, remarried, and revived his career to a degree as an honored comic performer for the rest of his life, earning an Academy Honorary Award.