b'continuedThis Quarter in History . August, September and October 50 Years Agocontinued(Aug 15) The US Department of(Aug 22) The resignation of William(Aug 5) In Moscow, the US, the UK, and the Soviet UnionCommerce announced that,P. Rogers as US Secretary of Statesigned the first nuclear test ban treaty. The ceremony for the first time in more thanwas announced by President Nixon,took place at the Kremlin with US Secretary of State three years, the balance ofwho said that he would nominateDean Rusk, British Foreign Secretary Alec Douglas-payments in the country washis National Security Adviser, HenryHome, and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko positive, as the nation\'s incomeKissinger, to the position. Rogers, thesigning on behalf of their respective nations.was greater than its outflow. only member of Nixons first CabinetCraig Breedlove set the record (Aug 17) Baseball star Willie Mayswho was still in office, formallyfor fastest driver in the world,wrapped up his career withdeparted on September 4 to return toreaching 428.37 miles an the New York Mets hittinga private law practice.hour for a measured mile in his 660th and final home run(Aug 26) The first Womens Equality Day ina jet-powered vehicle, Spiritof his Major League Baseballthe US was observed to commemorateof America, on the Bonneville career in a game against thethe August 26, 1920, ratification ofSalt Flats in Utah. His average Cincinnati Reds. the Nineteenth Amendment to the USfor two runs was 407.45 MPH.Constitution, which granted women(Aug 7) The Lockheed YF-12 the right to vote. On the same day,jet fighter (Blackbird) was the National Womens Hall of Fameflown for the first time, inducted its first 20 members. with test pilot James D. 1973 (Sep 20) Female tennis player Billie Jean King(Jim) Eastham (Dutch 52)defeated male tennis player Bobby Riggs in a televisedguiding the aircraft over match deemed the Battle of the Sexes because RiggsNevadas dry Groom Lake.had asserted that men had superior tennis skills. (Aug 10) A new record was set for latest ending to a Major1973 (Oct 10) Vice President Spiro Agnew (under PresidentLeague Baseball game, when the second game of aRichard Nixon) resigned and pleaded no contest to taxdoubleheader between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the evasion charges, becoming the first vice president tovisiting Houston Colt .45s (now the Astros) lasted until resign because of criminal charges. 2:30 a.m. The first game had been delayed for an hour by rain. Only 300 of the original 9,420 fans stayed to 60 Years Ago watch Pittsburgh win 7-6 after 11 innings. This record was broken on June 13, 1967, when the WA Senators won 6-5 over the Chicago White Sox at 2:44 a.m.(Aug 11) Two teams of surgeons at the Childrens Hospitalin Los Angeles carried out the successful separation of a pair of conjoined twins, Daniel Bartley and David Bartley, 27 hours after their birth. The two were joined 1963 [OCT Intermountainat the abdomen. Oil Marketers News(Aug 16) The NASA M2-F1, a(IOMN)] IOMA President D.wingless lifting body glider Brent Scott from Idaho andnicknamed the flying members across the westbathtub, was flown for the celebrated ten years as afirst time, with test pilot Milt successful Association.Thompson at the controls. 1963 (Aug 1) The 11th WorldThe lifting body design,Scout Jamboree began which permitted a spacecraft to descend horizontally in Marathon, Greece. through the atmosphere, would be put into service (Aug 2) Sino-Soviet split: The Peoplesthrough the American space shuttle.Republic of China, in its strongest(Aug 21) US President Kennedy issued acondemnation to that time of thePresidential Memorandum establishing theJoe Walker Soviet Union, criticized the SovietsNational Communications System. Test Pilotas being freaks and monsters for(Aug 22) American test pilot Joe Walker achieved a second making "unconditional concessions and capitulation tosub-orbital spaceflight, according to the international the imperialists after the USSR had agreed to a partialstandard of 100 kilometers, piloting an X-15 rocket to an nuclear test ban treaty with the US and the UK. Thealtitude of 354,200 feet (67.08 miles). The record was statement came in an editorial in the Chinese Communistunofficial, because the X-15 did not take off from the Party newspaper, the Peoples Daily. ground under its own power, but was sent up by an air The NFL champion Green Bay Packers were upset, 20-17,launch. Walkers flight would remain the highest ever by the College All-Stars in the annual Chicago College All- achieved by an airplane for more than fifty years, until Star Game. This was the last time that the All-Stars wonbroken on October 4, 2004, when Brian Binnie piloted the series, which was discontinued after the 1976 contest. SpaceShipOne to an altitude of 367,500 feet (69.6 miles).50 www.wpma.com / Fall 2023'