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Some of the traditional Indy 500 Pre-Race activities including The National Anthem, the Military flyover, balloon release and the song "Back Home Again In Indiana"
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John Glenn Hero - from Episode 5 of our Discovery Channel series "Rocket Science" - John Glenn's remarkable day in space.
John Glenn flew 59 combat missions in the South Pacific during World War II, and flew 63 missions during the Korean conflict. He received many decorations, including the Distinguished Flying Cross six times.
After the Korean conflict, Glenn joined the Naval Air Test Center's staff of expert flyers and served as a test pilot for Naval and Marine aircraft, including the FJ3, the F7U Cutlass, and the F8U Crusader. One of Glenn's most notable accomplishments was when he set the speed record for flying from Los Angeles to New York in three hours and 23 minutes in 1957. His experience and skill made him a logical candidate for the astronaut corps being formed in 1958. In 1959, NASA selected him as one of the first seven astronauts in the U.S. space program, and on February 20, 1962, atop an Atlas rocket, he rode into space and piloted the Friendship 7 spacecraft around the globe three times, becoming the first American to orbit the earth.
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1960 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE | JOHN F. KENNEDY VS. RICHARD NIXON | 9/26/60
The Year is 1950 | AVERAGE PAY GAINS $ 116. FROM PREVIOUS YEAR
The Year 1950
AVERAGE PAY GAINS $ 116. FROM PREVIOUS YEAR
Americans now average an income of $ 1,436. for every man, women, and child in 1950, the department of commerce reported today. This figure represents an increase of $ 116. from last year, attributed to the income of the very rich in America today. Due to an average tax burden of $ 360. the net gain shows a slight gain. The district of Columbia had the highest total at $ 1,986. and Mississippi had the lowest total at $ 698.
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Documentary of the Day
In 1964 CBS broadcast a special report | The desperate search for three civil rights workers missing in Mississippi during the "Freedom Summer" project
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