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Feb 18 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
John Glenn became first American to orbit earth this week 1962:
Ted Williams as John Glenn’s wingman during Korean War:
John Glenn (third from left) and other Mercury astronauts train in desert 1960:
At White House, JFK, LBJ, Sorensen and Congressional leaders watch John Glenn's launch from Cape Canaveral, this week 1962: #JFKL

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After Soviets shot down American U-2 spy plane deep in their territory on May Day 1960, they displayed the wreckage, espionage cameras and other devices aboard.
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Feb 4
All-star cast of "Airport" (1970)--can you name these actors?
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Remember Apollo 1's Grissom, White, Chaffee, who perished tomorrow 1967:
Note handed to LBJ at White House tomorrow night 1967:
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