Time line in Space Exploration: On this Date: January 6 1838 -- Samuel Morse made 1st public demonstration of telegraph 1968 -- Surveyor 7 (last of series) launched by US for soft-landing on Moon 1984 -- Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41 B mission Today in Naval History: January 6 1898 -- 1st telephone message from a submerged submarine, by Simon Lake 1916 – First Royal Navy Flag Officer for Aircraft. Rear Admiral Richard Fortescue Phillimore CB MVO was appointed Admiral Commanding Aircraft. He was appointed in command of Seaplane Carriers and to undertake the administrative control of all aircraft working with the Fleet. The Flagship of Rear Admiral (A) was HMS Furious. 1916 - First enlisted flight training class at Pensacola, FL 1921 – The U.S. Navy orders the sale of 125 flying boats to encourage commercial aviation. 1942 - Japanese capture 11 Navy Nurses in Manila, Philippines 1944 - First operational use of helicopters, Sikorsky R4s (Hoverfly) in MV Daghestan - Following trials aborad MV Dagheston in November 1943, the Uk bought the Hoverfly helicopter. The first were delivered in HMS Thane at the end of December 1944. FT835 wasoaded onto mv Daghestan and sailed for UK 6 Jan 1944. Fitted with floats it is believed to have flown convoy-protection trials from Daghestan during the voyage. 1967- Operation Deckhouse V begins in Mekong Delta, Vietnam. 1996 - USS Hopper, named for RADM Grace Hopper, launched. 2008 – Five armed Iranian boats confront three U.S. Navy warships in international waters near the Strait of Hormuz. 2012 – Acting on intelligence from other counter-piracy forces, the USS Carney boarded the Indian-flagged dhow, Al Qashmi. By the time the search team boarded, all evidence of potential piracy had been disposed of, though the crew said they were hijacked by the 9 pirates on board from a different vessel. The 9 suspected pirates were disarmed and given sufficient fuel and provisions to return to Somalia. Today in Coast Guard History: January 6 1934-The United States Line SS Washington came within inches of ramming the new Light Vessel No. 117 on the Nantucket Station. The liner scraped the lightship’s side, shearing off davits, a lifeboat, antennas, etc. Five months later the lightship was sunk by the White Star Line RMS Olympic when it rammed the lightship, killing seven of the lightships crew. 1973-The Coast Guard Academy at New London, Connecticut, announced that its cadets were served meals for the first time by female civilian employees. The Academy had recently become the first of the nation’s service schools to contract their food services to a civilian company. Previously, Coast Guard personnel had done the serving. Today in Aviation History: On This Date: January 6 1942 - The Pan American Airways Pacific Clipper arrived in New York after making the first round-the-world trip by a commercial airplane. 1944 – A joint RAF-USAAF statement discloses the hitherto secret development of jet aircraft in Britain and the USA. Full details of the Whittle turbojet given to General Arnold (USAAF) in July 1941 are revealed. 1945 – Boeing B-29 bombers in the Pacific strike new blows on Tokyo and Nanking. 1945 – Over 75 Japanese aircraft are destroyed at Kamikaze airfields on Luzon by US land and carrier based forces. 1951 – FEAF Combat Cargo Command concluded a multi-day airlift of supplies to the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division, which was fighting to prevent a break in the UN defensive line across South Korea. 21 TCS C-47s landed 115 tons of cargo at Wonju, and C-119s of the 314th TCG dropped 460 tons of supplies to the division. 1960 – National Airlines Flight 2511, a domestic passenger flight from New York City, New York to Miami, Florida, exploded in midair. The National Airlines Douglas DC-6 was carrying five crew and 29 passengers, all of whom perished. The Civil Aeronautics Board investigation concluded that the plane was brought down by a dynamite bomb. No criminal charges were ever filed, nor was the blame for the bombing ever determined. The investigation remains open today. One of the victims was retired US Navy Vice Admiral Edward Orrick McDonnell, a Medal of Honor recipient and veteran of both World Wars. 1965 - The General Dynamics F-111A demonstrated the ability to fly with its wings swept back in its first flight. (Air Force Association) 2002 – U.S. aircraft struck “approximately” four targets in Afghanistan centered around the Tora Bora and Kandahar regions. One of the strikes was against the Al Qaeda staging point of Zawar Kili. U.S. military forces entered and began searching the Zawar Kili complex. 2003 – U.S. warplanes bombed two Iraqi anti-aircraft radars that threatened pilots patrolling the southern no-fly zone.
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