Astronaut Virgil Gus Grissom

Virgil Gus Grissom

Living place: Indiana

Birthday: 3-4-1926 (98 years old)

Population of US 1926: 117,397,000

Global rank: #24666

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Who is Astronaut Virgil Gus Grissom?
The second American in space, who later died in the fire of Apollo I. He was awarded the Congressional Medal of a Space Honor posthumously.
He is the recipient of the Flying Cross, and one of the seven Right Stuff astronauts.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He was a Boy Scout, as was newspaper boy and meat market worker.

Family life info

He married Betty Moore on July 6, 1945 while on military leave.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Astronaut Virgil Gus Grissom?
He and Alan Shepard were part of the Mercury Seven, a group of NASA's first astronauts.

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When was Astronaut Virgil Gus Grissom born?
Virgil Gus Grissom birthday 3-4-1926 (at the age of 98).
Where is Astronaut Virgil Gus Grissom's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Virgil Gus Grissom was born in Indiana, . is a Astronaut, whose Zodiac is Aries, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Tiger. Virgil Gus Grissom's global rank is 24666 and whose rank is 26 in list of famous Astronaut. Population of US in 1926 is about 117,397,000 persons.
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Events in 1926 and 3-4

Events in US in the birth year of Virgil Gus Grissom

  • U.S. troops land in Nicaragua (May 2) to preserve order after a revolt against the new president Emiliano Chamorro.
  • Father Coughlin makes his first radio broadcast, beginning his 20-year career of racist and right-wing polemics.

Birthday Virgil Gus Grissom (3-4) in history

  • Day 3-4 year 1860: First pony express service began.
  • Day 3-4 year 1882: Outlaw Jesse James was shot in the back by Bob Ford, one of his own gang members, reportedly for a $10,000 reward.
  • Day 3-4 year 1930: Ras Tafari became Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia.
  • Day 3-4 year 1936: Bruno Hauptmann was electrocuted for the kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby.
  • Day 3-4 year 1948: President Truman signed the Marshall Plan, which would foster the recovery of war-torn Europe.
  • Day 3-4 year 1974: "Super Tornado Outbreak" strikes 13 U.S. states.
  • Day 3-4 year 1996: Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski was arrested.
  • Day 3-4 year 2004: A suspect in Madrid's March bombings blew up himself and three others.
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