Events
Day of Command Module DisasterDay Planned for Initial Apollo 1 TakeoffAstronauts Ed White, Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee pronounced deadLaunch date for Saturn V or Apollo 4Treaty signed banning military use of nuclear weapons in spaceSix-Day War begins between Israel and JordanFirst human heart transplantUS conducts nuclear testNASA announces that Gus Grissom would be the commander of Apollo 1Heat shield installed on command moduleCape Canaveral renamed after John F. Kennedy's deathFirst manned flight simulation was conductedFirst launch date, then postponedGus Grissom picked a lemon from his tree, claiming he would hang it on the space craftEntered capsule at 1 pm for simulationUnited States Marine Corps and ARVN troops launch "Operation Deckhouse Five" in the Mekong River delta.US bombs North Vietnamese capitalRonald Reagan elected as Governor of CaliforniaThe Beatles release Yellow SubmarineThe first color television transmission in Canada takes place from Toronto.
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