1976, July 2 – National Mall Outside the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution – Washington, DC – Gerald R. Ford, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Warren Burger, S. Dillon Ripley, Michael Collins, Others – standing, watching robot arm cut ribbon after receiving signal from VIKING Spacecraft – Bicentennial Event – Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at the Dedication of the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution- Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution; Director, Air and Space Museum
Today in History – September 25, 1968 – 1Lt Norman M. Paulsen is KIA after F-100 #55-3602 crashes
25 September 1968 – Norman Macleod Paulsen was born on October 6, 1945, in Elmsford, NY. His mother said, “Ever since he was a little boy, he dreamed of flying.” He had enlisted in the Air Force and began his tour on August 3, 1968. He had the rank of First Lieutenant. On a mission