Archives: Today in History

1 November 1968 – President Lyndon B. Johnson’s administration suspends all American bombing of North Vietnam; Operation Rolling Thunder is suspended. “On 13 February 1968, a new plan was approved and given the name Rolling Thunder, merging targets and priorities from the lists produced by the Bundys and the JCS. This campaign was not aimed at specific […]

31 October 1964: Captain Theodore Cordy Freeman, United States Air Force, was a member of the NASA Astronaut Corps. He was one of fourteen pilots who had been selected for the third group of candidates in October 1963. At 10:01 a.m., Saturday morning, Captain Freeman took off at 10:01 a.m. from Ellington Air Force Base,

30 October 1977– 170 passengers paid between $2222 for economy, and $3333 for first-class on Pan Am Flight 50, operated by Clipper New Horizons. While in flight they were treated to a Gucci fashion show, musicians, and a hairdresser. They flew over the North and South poles on a flight that lasted 54 hours 7