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 1975
One milestone event (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
NONE
Military and Classified Programs:
1961 – LAUNCH FAILURE: Classified mission, GD Atlas/Lockheed Agena B, SLC3W, VAFB
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1961 – LAUNCH: Martin Titan I, LC20, CCAFS
1961 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas F, LC11, CCAFS
1974 – LAUNCH (4): Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN658, ETR
1975 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, UK S27, ETR – MILESTONE: 50 years ago
Other:
MAJOR HISTORICAL EVENT: President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas on this day in 1963, sixty-one years ago. His leadership led to the creation of the Apollo program.
The photo today is an example of a Poseidon C3 test launch. The photo was found on Wikipedia and is attributed to the National Archives. On this date 50 years, four Poseidon C3 fleet ballistic missiles were successfully tested off the Eastern Range from SSBN 658 (USS Mariano G. Vallejo).
