ROSS SIMPSON
On this day in 1969, Apollo 11 blasted off from Cape Kennedy, FL,
and began the first manned mission to land on the moon.
Nasa astronauts from left: Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin.
CAMILLE
BOHANNON
On this day in 1947, a United States Army Air Forces balloon crashed at a ranch near Roswell, New Mexico. Following wide initial interest in the crashed "flying disc", the US military stated that it was merely a conventional weather balloon. Interest subsequently waned until the late 1970s, when Ufologists began
promoting a variety of increasingly elaborate conspiracy theories, claiming
that one or more alien spacecraft had crash-landed and that the extraterrestrial occupants had been recovered by the military, which then engaged in a cover-
up.
In the 1990s, the US military published two reports disclosing the true nature
of the crashed object: a nuclear test surveillance balloon from Project Mogul.
Roswell Army Air Field Intelligence Officer Jesse Marcel, sr. holding
foil debris from Roswell, New Mexico UFO crash site.
CAMILLE
BOHANNON
On this day in 1994, the U.S. Figure Skating Association stripped
Tonya Harding of the 1994 national championship and banned her
from the organization for life for an attack on rival Nancy Kerrigan.
Tonya Maxene Price (Harding) will be 49 in November. She was
born in Portland, Oregon.
TIM MAGUIRE
Two days after North Korea invaded South Korea on this day in 1950, U.S.
President Truman ordered the Air Force and Navy into the Korean war. The
United Nations Security Council had asked for member nations to help South
Korea repel an invasion from the North.
Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972)
TIM MAGUIRE
North Korea invaded South Korea initiating the Korean War on this
day in 1950.
