1991 Manley Lanier "Sonny" Carter Jr, USN/astro (STS 33), dies at 43
1986 Stephen D Thorne, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut, dies in a plane crash at 33
1986 Michael J Smith, Beaufort NC, Cmdr USN, astr, dies in Challenger
1981 Admiral Bobby R. Inman, USN, becomes deputy director of CIA
1981 Adm Stansfield Turner, USN (Ret), ends term as 12th director of CIA
1980 Highest speed attained by a warship, 167 kph, USN hovercraft
1977 Adm Stansfield Turner, USN (Ret), becomes 12th director of CIA replacing acting director Knoche
1969 Vice Admiral Rufus L Taylor, USN, ends term as deputy director of CIA
1966 Vice Admiral Rufus L Taylor, USN, becomes deputy director of CIA
1966 Vice Adm William F Raborn Jr, USN, ends term as 7th director of CIA
1964 Stephen N Frick, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut
1964 Mark E Kelly, Orange, New Jersey, Lt USN/astronaut
1964 Scott J Kelly, Orange, New Jersey, Lt USN/astronaut
1963 Lisa M Nowak, Washington D.C., Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut
1963 Heidemarie M Stefanyshyn-Piper, St. Paul, Minnesota, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut
1961 Susan Leigh Still, Augusta, Georgia, lt cmdr USN/astronaut, STS 83, 94
1961 USN Comdr Forrest S Petersen takes X-15 to 30,720 m
1961 William C McCool, born in San Diego, California, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut
1961 Laurel B. Clark, born in Ames Iowa, Lt cmdr USN/astronaut
1959 Kathryn P Hire, Mobile Alabama, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut, sk: STS 90
1959 Scott D. Altman, born in Lincoln, Illinois, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut, sk: STS 90
1958 Brent W. Jett, Jr., Pontiac, Michigan, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut, STS 72, sk:81
1958 John Bennett Herrington, Wetumka, Oklahoma, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut
1958 Joe Frank Edwards, Jr., Richmond, Virginia, Cmdr USN/astronaut, STS 89
1957 Daniel W. Bursch, born in Bristol, Pennsylvania, Lt Cmdr USN/Astronaut, STS 51, 68, 77
1957 Domonic L Pudwill Gorie, Lake Charles, Louisiana, USN/astronaut, sk: STS-91
1956 Kenneth D Bowersox, Portsmouth, Virginia, USN/astro, STS 50, 61, 73, 82
1956 David M. Brown, Arlington, Virginia, Cmdr USN/astronaut
1955 Pierre J Thuot, Groton Conn, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut, STS 36, 49, 62
1955 Jerry M Linenger, Mt Clemens, Michigan, PhD/Cmdr USN/astronaut, STS 81/84
1953 Michael Baker, born in Memphis, Tennessee, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut, STS 43, 52, 68, 81
1953 Stephen D. Thorne, Frankfurt-on-Main, German FR, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut
1952 James D Wetherbee, Flushing, New York, Lt Cmdr USN/astr, STS 32, 52, 63, 86
1952 Lee M Morin, Manchester NH, cmdr USN/astronaut
1952 Mario Runco, Jr., born in Bronx, New York, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut, STS 44, 54, 77
1951 Charles E. Brady, Jr., Pinehurst, North Carolina, Cmdr USN/astronaut, STS 78
1951 Kenneth S. Reightler, Jr., Patuxent R, Maryland, Cmdr USN/astro, STS 48, 60
1950 Winston E Scott, born in Miami, Florida, USN Commander/astronaut, STS 72, 87
1949 William M Shepherd, born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Capt USN/astronaut, STS 27, 41, 52
1949 Frank L Culbertson, Jr., Charleston, South Carolina, Cmdr USN/astro, STS-38
1949 David Cornell Leestma, Muskegon, Michigan, USN/astronaut, STS 41-G, 28, 45
1948 Dale A Gardner, Fairmont, Minnesota, Cmdr USN/astronaut, STS 8, STS 51A
1947 Manley Lanier "Sonny" Carter, Jr., Macon, Georgia, USN/astro, STS 33
1947 Rear Admiral Roscoe H Hillenkoetter, USN, becomes 3th director of CIA
1946 Robert L "Hoot" Gibson, Cooperstown, New York, USN/ast, STS 41B,61C,27,47,71
1946 Richard "Dick" N Richards, Key West, USN/astr, STS 28, 41, 50, 64
1946 Michael L Coats, Sacramento California, Capt USN/astr, STS 41-D, 29, 39
1945 Michael J. Smith, born in Beaufort, North Carolina, Cmdr USN, astr, 51L-Challenger disaster
1944 David M. Walker, Columbus, Georgia, Capt USN/astron, STS 51-A 30, 53, 69
1943 Jon Andrew McBride, Charleston, West Virginia, Capt USN/astronaut, STS 41G
1943 Michael J McCulley, born in San Diego, California, Cmdr USN/astronaut, STS-34
1943 John Oliver Creighton, born in Orange, Texas, Capt USN/astronaut, STS 51G, 36, 48
1942 Donald E Williams, Lafayette, Indiana, Capt USN/astro, STS 51D, STS 34
1937 Richard H Truly, Fayette Mississippi, Rear Adm USN/astro, STS T-2, T-4, 2, 8
1937 Robert L Crippen, Beaumont, Texas, Capt USN/astronaut, STS 1, 7, 41C, 41G
1937 Bruce McCandless II, Boston, Cap USN/astronaut, STS 41B, STS-31
1936 Thomas K. Mattingly II, Chic, Capt USN/astro, Apollo 16, STS-4, 51C
1935 Ronald Ellwin Evans, St. Francis, Kansas, Captain USN/astronaut, Apollo 17
1935 Roger B Chaffee, Grand Rapids Michigan, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut
1934 Roberta Hazard, USN Admiral
1934 Eugene A. Cernan, born in Chicago, Capt USN/astronaut, Gemini 9, Apollo 10 17
1932 Alan Lavern Bean, born in Wheeler, Texas, Capt USN/astronaut, Ap 12, Skylab 3
1932 Joseph P Kerwin, born in Oak Park, Illinois, Capt Med Corps USN/astro, Skylab 2
1930 Edgar Dean Mitchell, Hereford Texas, Capt USN/astronaut, Apollo 14
1930 Charles Pete Conrad, Jr., Philadelphia, USN/astro, Gem 5 11, Ap 12, Skylab 2
1929 Richard F Gordon, Jr., Seattle, Capt USN/astronaut, Gemini 11, Apol 12
1928 James A. Lovell, born in Cleveland, Ohio, USN/astr, Gemini 7, 12, Apollo 8, 13
1923 Alan B Shepard, Jr., East Derry NH, Rear Adm USN/astro, Merc 3, Ap 14
1923 Walter M. Schirra, Jr., born in Hackensack, New Jersey, Capt USN/ast, Mer 8, Gem 6, Ap 7
1791 Capt Hopley Yeaton of NH becomes 1st commissioned officer in USN
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