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23 May 1967 – President Lyndon B. Johnson‘s administration prohibits any American air attacks within a 10-mile (16-km) radius of Hanoi. A year earlier in June of 1966 “President Johnson served notice on North Vietnam yesterday [June 18] that the United States will ‘‘raise the cost of aggression at its source’’ by intensified use of […]

23 May 1969 -USAF Sgt. Paul Adams Meyer, 23, of Poquoson, Virginia, was having marital problems, causing him much anxiety. He was homesick and couldn’t get leave to see his family. Early in the day on 23 May 1969 he had been arrested for being drunk and disorderly and had been confined to quarters. Instead

22 May 1948 Jackie Cochran flew her “Lucky Strike Green” North American Aviation P-51B-15-NA Mustang, USAAF serial number 43-24760, civil registration NX28388, over a 2,000 kilometer (1,242.743 miles) closed circuit from Palm Springs, California, to Mesa Gigante, a point near Santa Fe, New Mexico, and return. The flight, timed by H. Dudley Wright, a representative