Air Force pilot cited for bravery
Over North Vietnam, Air Force Maj. Leo K. Thorsness, from the 357th Tactical Fighter Squadron, and his electronic warfare officer, Capt. Harold E. Johnson, destroy two enemy surface-to-air missile sites, and then shoot down a MiG-17 before escorting search-and-rescue helicopters to a downed aircrew. Although his F-105 fighter-bomber was very low on fuel, Major Thorsness attacked four more MiG-17s in an effort to draw the enemy aircraft away from the downed aircrew. Awarded the Medal of Honor for his courageous action this day, Major Thorsness did not receive his medal until 1973–on April 30, 1967, he was shot down over North Vietnam and spent the next six years as a prisoner of war.
historical bits
| AMERICAN REVOLUTION | |
| The American Revolution begins | 1775 |
| AUTOMOTIVE | |
| Mario Andretti competes in first Indy car event | 1964 |
| CIVIL WAR | |
| Baltimoreans attack Union troops | 1861 |
| COLD WAR | |
| Soviet clowns lampoon U.S. foreign policy | 1949 |
| CRIME | |
| Central Park jogger attack shocks New York City | 1989 |
| DISASTER | |
| Earthquake rocks Guatemala | 1902 |
| GENERAL INTEREST | |
| First blood in the Civil War | 1861 |
| Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins | 1943 |
| Branch Davidian compound burns | 1993 |
| Truck bomb explodes in Oklahoma City | 1995 |
| HOLLYWOOD | |
| My Big Fat Greek Wedding released | 2002 |
| LITERARY | |
| Lord Byron dies in Greece | 1824 |
| MUSIC | |
| The Captain and Tennille bring wedded bliss to the pop charts with their first hit record | 1975 |
| OLD WEST | |
| Wyatt Earp dropped from Wichita police force | 1876 |
| PRESIDENTIAL | |
| Jefferson sells servant to Madison | 1809 |
| SPORTS | |
| First Boston Marathon run | 1897 |
| VIETNAM WAR | |
| Air Force pilot cited for bravery | 1967 |
| Vietnam Veterans Against the War demonstrate | 1971 |
| WORLD WAR I | |
| Discussion of Italian claims begins at Paris peace conference | 1919 |
| WORLD WAR II | |
| Warsaw ghetto uprising put down | 1943 |
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