Breaking the Sound Barrier – Today In Southern History
14 October 1947
14 October 1947
On this date in 1947…
Southern WWII fighter ace Chuck Yeager of Western Virginia was the first man to break the sound barrier in the Bell X-1 “Glamorous Glennis” named for his wife.
Other Years:
1936 – The first Social Security Board office opened in Austin, Texas and local office’s took over the assigning of Social Security Numbers.
1962 – The Cuban Missile Crisis began when it was learned Soviet missiles capable of destroying most Southern cities were being installed in Cuba.
1964 – Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
1987 – 18 months old Jessica McClure fell down an abandoned well in Midland, Texas and was rescued after a 58 hour effort.
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