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1926:American physicist and father of modern rocketry Robert Goddard, one of the first people to envision the future of space travel, launches the world’s first liquid-fueled rocket from his aunt’s farm in Auburn, Mass. The rocket, known as “Nell,” travels 41 feet in the air during its 2.5 second flight.
1968: Sen. Robert F. Kennedy announces he will run for the Democratic Party’s nomination for president. Kennedy will be assassinated less than three months later in Los Angeles after claiming victory in the California primary.
1968: A platoon of U.S. soldiers led by Lt. William Calley kills several hundred unarmed men, women and children in the South Vietnamese village of My Lai. The event is covered up for more than a year and a half until journalist Seymour Hersh breaks the story to the American public. Only Calley, found guilty of personally murdering 22 civilians, is convicted of crimes related to the My Lai Massacre; he serves less than four years under house arrest.
1968: Sen. Robert F. Kennedy announces he will run for the Democratic Party’s nomination for president. Kennedy will be assassinated less than three months later in Los Angeles after claiming victory in the California primary.
1968: A platoon of U.S. soldiers led by Lt. William Calley kills several hundred unarmed men, women and children in the South Vietnamese village of My Lai. The event is covered up for more than a year and a half until journalist Seymour Hersh breaks the story to the American public. Only Calley, found guilty of personally murdering 22 civilians, is convicted of crimes related to the My Lai Massacre; he serves less than four years under house arrest.
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