Though he had landed on the beaches of Normandy and been
wounded in battle fighting with the U.S. Army, Staff Sergeant
Marcario García was not yet a U.S. citizen when President
Harry S. Truman awarded him the Medal of Honor on August
23, 1945. García became the first Mexican national to receive
the American military’s highest honor.
President Truman honoring Macario Garcia.
Kelly was a dancer, actor, singer, director and choreographer
known for his performances in An American in Paris (1951),
which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, Singin’ in
the Rain (1952).
On August 22, 1989, Nolan Ryan of the Texas Rangers became
the first pitcher in major league history to registered 5,000 career strikeouts. Ryan would go on to rack up a total of 5,714 strikeouts,
over 1,500 more than his closest competition.
Lynn Nolan Ryan Jr. ("the Ryan Express") is78 years old.
On this day in 1962, the N.S. Savannah arrived in Savannah,
Georgia, first stop on its maiden voyage to promote peaceful
uses of nuclear power. Some foreign ports refuse it, fearing
catastrophe. The ship was launched on July 21, 1959.
After service from 1962 to 1971, the ship was decommissioned
but remains a significant maritime artifact today.
Christening of the NS Savannah by Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower,
July 21, 1959. New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden,
New Jersey.
