When What
1066 William of Normandy defeated King Harold in the Battle of Hastings (not on Platte or Hudson). ‘Foyle’s War’ made it all better until Christopher got all holier-than-everyone-else.
1890 The man from Abilene (Kansas) was born: Dwight David Eisenhower. Been to the house where the six boys grew up.
1926 A. A. Milne published ‘Winnie the Pooh.’
1947 Chuck Yeager became the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound in Bell XS-1. A milestone on the way to space flight. Immortalised in Tom Wolfe’s ‘The Right Stuff.’
1962 USAF U-2 reconnaissance planes photographed installations of Soviet-made missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads in Cuba. In school we trooped to the basement and did duck and cover drills just like this.
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