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** The Lockheed L-1649A Starliner makes its first flight.
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** American Airlines Flight 320, a Lockheed L-188 Electra heading from Chicago to New York City, crashes into the East River, killing 65 of the 73 people on board.
** New York air disaster: a United Airlines DC-8 collides in mid-air with a TWA Lockheed Constellation over Staten Island in New York City.
** 35th Fighter-Interceptor Wing ( April-August 1950 ) Flew Lockheed F-80Cs on air defense missions.
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** The top-scoring American ace of World War II, U. S. Army Air Forces Major Richard I. Bong ( 40 victories ), is killed in the crash of a P-80 Shooting Star fighter at Lockheed Air Terminal in Burbank, California.
** Sandia Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation, which manages and operates the Sandia National Laboratories
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** The Subsidiary Board of Implementation ( SBI ) makes recommendations on policy and implementation issues to the COP and, if requested, to other bodies.
** The Lockheed's top-secret stealth aircraft project, designated Have Blue, precursor to the U. S. F-117A Nighthawk, makes its first flight.
** Nelson Mandela makes his " I Am Prepared to Die " speech at the opening of the Rivonia Trial, a classic of the anti-apartheid movement.
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** New voting laws in Sweden makes votes no longer dependent on taxable assets, each adult having one vote.
** Renowned Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini makes his television debut, conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra in an all-Wagner program.
** The locomotive Flying Scotsman ( British Railways No. 60103 ) makes its last scheduled run, before going into the hands of Alan Pegler for preservation.
** The abdicated King Edward VIII, now HRH Prince Edward, makes a broadcast to the nation explaining his decision to abdicate.
** Mae West makes a risque guest appearance on the NBC Chase and Sanborn Hour that eventually results in her being banned from radio.
** The American Galileo spacecraft makes its closest approach to 951 Gaspra, becoming the first probe to visit an asteroid.
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