1993 Death Donald "Deke" K Slayton, U.S. major/astronaut (Apollo 18), dies at 69 1952 Birthday Vin Weber, born in Slayton, Minnesota, Representative-R-Minnesota 1981 - 1993 1924 Birthday Donald "Deke" Kent Slayton, born in Sparta, Wisconsin, Major USAF/astronaut, Apollo 18
