'50s History for July 31st
IN 1952 U.S. Air Force Captain Vincent McGovern and First Lieutenant Harold Moore complete the first transatlantic helicopter flight in two Sikorsky H-19 helicopters. In 1953 the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare is created. That same year Ohio Republican Senator Robert Taft dies at age 63. And in 1955 17 year old Marilyn Bell of Toronto, Canada became the youngest person to swim the English Channel.
Born on this date - five and dime store founder Sebastian Spering Kresge (1867), violinist/brother George Liberace (1911), TV host Irv Kupcinet (1912), economist Milton Friedman (1912), game show producer Bill Todman (1918), sportscaster Curt Gowdy (1919), baseball player/manager Hank Bauer (1922) and actor Don Murray (1929).
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