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B-52
1991
President Bush decides to end full-time B-52 bombers alert
1985
Ricky Wilson, rock guitarist (B-52's), dies of AIDS at 32
1980
"Rock Lobster" by B-52's hits #56
1977
Jimmy Carter cans B-1A bomber later "B-1's the B-52"
1969
U.S. B-52's drop 3,000 ton bombs at Cambodian boundary
1968
U.S. B-52 bomber with nuclear bomb crashes in Greenland
1966
1st B-52 bombing on North Vietnam
1966
B-52/KC-135 tankers crash near Spanish coast at Palomares, 7 die
1965
1st bombing by B-52 (50 km north of Saigon)
1959
X-15 makes 1st unpowered flight, from a B-52 at 11,500 m
1957
B-52 bombers begin full-time flying alert in case of U.S.S.R. attack
1957
Cindy Wilson, Athens Georgia, rock vocalist, B-52's-Love Shack
1957
3 B-52's set record for around-the-world flight, 45 hr 19 min
1953
Julian Keith Strickland, Athens, Georgia, drummer, B-52's-Rock Lobster
1953
Ricky Wilson, born in Athens, Georgia, rock guitarist, B-52's-Love Shack
1952
1st B-52 prototype test flight
1951
Fred Schneider, born in Newark, Georgia, vocalist and guitarist, B-52's-Rock Lobster
1948
Katie Pierson, born in New Jersey, vocals/guitarist, B-52's-Rock Lobster, Love Shack
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