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| Cover of A Farewell To Arms |
1918:Eighteen-year-old Ernest Hemingway is severely wounded by an Austrian mortar shell while serving as an ambulance driver along the Italian front in World War I. He would be awarded the Croce di Guerra for valor, while his experiences on the front would eventually inspire the novel A Farewell to Arms.
1950: Gen. Douglas MacArthur is designated by President Harry Truman as commander in chief of United Nations forces aiding South Korea.
1960: American pilot Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage by the Soviet Union. On May 1, Powers and his Lockheed U-2 spy plane had been shot down over Sverdlosk while on a CIA reconnaissance mission. Powers would be convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison, but he would be exchanged for Soviet spy Rudolf Abel in 1962. Fifty-two years after his plane was shot down, he would be posthumously awarded the Silver Star.
1950: Gen. Douglas MacArthur is designated by President Harry Truman as commander in chief of United Nations forces aiding South Korea.
1960: American pilot Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage by the Soviet Union. On May 1, Powers and his Lockheed U-2 spy plane had been shot down over Sverdlosk while on a CIA reconnaissance mission. Powers would be convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison, but he would be exchanged for Soviet spy Rudolf Abel in 1962. Fifty-two years after his plane was shot down, he would be posthumously awarded the Silver Star.
1951:The city of Paris, France celebrates its 2000th birthday
1948:The US Air Force accepts its first female recruits into a program called Women in the Air Force (WAF)
1917:The first Ziegfeld Follies is staged by Florenz Ziegfeld in NYC.
1948:The US Air Force accepts its first female recruits into a program called Women in the Air Force (WAF)
1917:The first Ziegfeld Follies is staged by Florenz Ziegfeld in NYC.
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