The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1961, the latest event was in 1999
Human Spaceflight:
1999 – LANDING: STS-103 (Discovery), KSC
Military and Classified Programs:
1964 – MM Titan IIIB program approved by USAF
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
1995 – LAUNCH: MM Echostar I, Chang Zheng 2E, LC2, Xichang, China
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1961 – Martin Titan II captive-fired for the first time at test stand near Waterton facility, Denver
1963 – 374th squadron, MM Titan II ICBMS, transferred to SAC, Little Rock AFB, Arkansas
Other:
NONE
The photos today shows the remains of Titan test stands at the Waterton facility near Denver. I have also included a chart from the Glenn L. Martin company (from the Library of Congress) showing the layout of the facilities at Waterton.