May 5, 1961 NASA astronaut Alan Shepard aboard a Mercury-Redstone rocket and Orion Capsule A Marine helicopter picked up Mercury astronaut Alan Shepard and his Freedom 7 capsule in the Atlantic Ocean after his first American sub-orbital flight
U.S. postal system established in 1775 Benjamin Franklin as its first postmaster general June 1788 Postal Clause Post Office Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the United States Constitution, empowers Congress "To establish Post Offices and Post Roads". - Ma roads September 26, 1789 - Washington appointed Samuel Osgood as the first Postmaster General under the Constitution May 8, 1794 (1 Stat. ... Read more
Opened to the public in May 8, 1976 September 11, 1968 -320 acres of BLM Land given to Pima County for the museum for $800 March 22, 1969 – Republic of India retired the last operational Consolidated B-24 Liberator and gave it to the museum April 27, 1969, thirty-one days and 11,000 miles after leaving India ... Read more
May 19, 1883 William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody opened Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show in Omaha, Nebraska launching a genre of outdoor entertainment that thrived for three decades and survived, in fits and starts, for almost three more “Westward the course of empire takes its way.” Annie Oakley broke ground when she and her husband ... Read more
Titan II Missile Museum Sahuarita, AZ Air Force Facility Missile Site 8 Titan II ICBM Site 571-7 571st Strategic Missile Squadron (SMS) 390th Strategic Missile Wing (SMW) 1963 – became operational November 11, 1982 – 571-7 came off alert February of 1983 – concept of museum began 1984 – deactivated September 1985 – Silo given to Pima County for ... Read more
Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 June 2, 1924 Indians occupied an unusual status under federal law. Some had acquired citizenship by marrying white men. Others received citizenship through military service, by receipt of allotments, or through special treaties or special statutes. But many were still not citizens, and they were barred from the ordinary processes ... Read more