2013 Event The Pentagon will furlough 650,000 civilian employees without pay for six days this year after receiving warnings that mandatory budget cuts might idle defense workers for a longer period of time 2012 Event Mali swears in Dioncounda Traore, an interim president, marking the country's transition back to civilian rule following last month's coup 2010 Event Two U.S. embassy cars are set on fire in Kabul after a U.S. vehicle collides with a civilian vehicle 2010 Event The second day of conflict between Somali government troops and opposition forces in Mogadishu results in more than 20 civilian deaths 1988 Event U.S. Navy shoots down Iranian civilian jetliner over Gulf, kills 290 1986 Event Mario Soares (Socialist) elected Portugal's 1st civilian president 1983 Event Raul Alfonsin inaugurated as Argentina's 1st civilian president 1978 Event Shah of Iran, asks Shapour Bahktiar to form a civilian government 1978 Event Israel turns 3 military outposts in West Bank into civilian settlements 1972 Event Military coup ousts civilian government of Ghana 1965 Event Syncom 3, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, passes from civilian to military control 1963 Event NASA civilian test pilot Joe Walker in X-15 reaches 67 miles (106 km) 1963 Event NASA civilian Test pilot Joe Walker in X-15 reaches 105 km 1962 Event NASA civilian test pilot John B McKay takes X-15 to 39,200 m 1962 Event NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 60,000 m 1962 Event NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m 1962 Event NASA civilian Test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m 1962 Event NASA civilian pilot Joseph Walker takes X-15 to 6,606 kph, 37,700 m 1962 Event NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A. Walker takes X-15 to 31,580 m 1962 Event NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 75,190 m 1962 Event NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 63,250 m 1962 Event NASA civilian pilot Joseph A. Walker takes X-15 to 46,900m 1962 Event NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 54,600 m 1962 Event A NASA civilian pilot Neil Armstrong takes X-15 to 40,690 m 1961 Event NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 33,100 m 1961 Event NASA civilian pilot Joseph A. Walker takes X-15 to 34,840 m 1961 Event NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,770 m 1961 Event NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 169,600' (51,690 m) 1954 Event 1st American, civilian pilot, P.R. Holden, wounded in Indochina 1953 Death Julius Rosenberg, New York City, 1st U.S. civilian executed for espionage at 37 1948 Event 1st civilian to exceed speed of sound-Herb H Hoover, Edwards AFB Ca 1943 Event Germany shoots down a civilian flight from Lisbon to London, all die 1943 Event William H. Hastie, civilian aide to secretary of war, resigns to protest segregation in armed forces 1942 Event William Knudsen becomes 1st civilian appointed a general in U.S. army 1933 Event Congress authorizes Civilian Conservation Corps 1933 Event Civilian Conservation Corp, begins tree conservation 1915 Birthday Julius Rosenberg, New York City, 1st U.S. civilian executed for espionage
