Astronaut Wally Schirra

Wally Schirra

Living place: Hackensack

Birthday: 12-3-1923

Population of US 1923: 111,947,000

Global rank: #61887

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Who is Astronaut Wally Schirra?
Wally Schirra full name is Walter Marty "Wally" Schirra, Jr., is a US Navy officer, is an American pilot, aeronautical engineer. He was also one of seven astronauts selected to participate in Project Mercury, the first US project to send humans into space. Schirra is the 5th and 9th American to fly and fly into space. He was the first person to go into space three times and the only person to fly into Mercury, Gemini and Apollo. He was in space for a total of 295 hours and 15 minutes.
On May 3, 2007, Wally Schirra died of a heart attack while being treated for abdominal cancer.
Wally Schirra has received many blessings. awards such as:
Three NASA Distinguished Service Medals in 1962, 1965 and 2008.
Two NASA Special Service Medals.
John J. Montgomery Award 1963. Also in 1963, he received the Kincheloe Award, AIAA, AAS Achievement Award....
Hawk Kitty Award, Great American, Golden Key, Astronaut Award, Honorary Doctorate of Astronautics from Lafayette College; Honorary Doctorate of Astronautics from Newark College of Engineering; and a D. Sc. name... many other awards.
 
 

Young / Before famous

Wally Schirra attended elementary school in Oradell. He graduated from high school at Dwight Morrow High School in Englewood, New Jersey in 1940. He attended the Newark College of Engineering. He was sent to study at the United States Naval Academy, and graduated from Acceleration in 1946 with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1945.

Family life info

Wally Schirra's father is Walter M. Schirra, Sr., who served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War I. Her mother is Florence Leach Schirra. In 1946, he married Josephine Fraser. He and his wife have two sons, Walter Marty Schirra III and Suzanne Schirra.

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When was Astronaut Wally Schirra born?
Wally Schirra was born in 12-3-1923, death year is , at the age of 101.
Where is Astronaut Wally Schirra's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Wally Schirra was born in Hackensack, New Jersey- United States. Mr, whose Zodiac is Pisces, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Pig. Wally Schirra's global rank is 61887 and whose rank is 135 in list of famous Astronaut. Population of US in 1923 is about 111,947,000 persons.
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Events in 1923 and 12-3

Events in US in the birth year of Wally Schirra

  • President Warren G. Harding suddenly falls ill (July 28) while returning from a trip to Alaska and is rushed to San Francisco, where he dies on Aug. 2.
  • The second Ku Klux Klan movement in U.S. history grows, stirring widespread controversy and violence.

Birthday Wally Schirra (12-3) in history

  • Day 12-3 year 1912: Juliette Gordon Low founded the Girl Scouts.
  • Day 12-3 year 1930: Mohandas Gandhi began his 200-mile march to protest the British salt tax.
  • Day 12-3 year 1933: President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave the first of his nation-wide "fireside chats" on radio.
  • Day 12-3 year 1938: "Anschluss" took place when Hitler incorporated his homeland of Austria into the Third Reich.
  • Day 12-3 year 1947: President Truman established the "Truman Doctrine" to aid in the containment of Communism.
  • Day 12-3 year 1993: Janet Reno was sworn in as the first female attorney general of the United States.
  • Day 12-3 year 1994: The Church of England ordained women priests for the first time in 460 years.
  • Day 12-3 year 2002: The color-coded terror alert system was unveiled by Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge.
  • Day 12-3 year 2003: The prime minister of the Serbian state (of Serbia and Montenegro), Zoran Djindjic, was assassinated.
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