* 1967 – Astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee are killed in a fire during a test of their Apollo 1 spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

* 1961 – Mercury program: Mercury-Redstone 4 Mission – Gus Grissom piloting Liberty Bell 7 becomes the second American to go into space ( in a suborbital mission ).

* Virgil Ivan " Gus " Grissom, USAF ( 1926 – 1967 ); flew 21 July 1961.

* 1965 – NASA launches Gemini 3, the United States ' first two-man space flight ( crew: Gus Grissom and John Young ).

* April 3 – Gus Grissom, American astronaut ( d. 1967 )

* July 21 – Mercury program: Gus Grissom, piloting the Mercury-Redstone 4 capsule Liberty Bell 7, becomes the second American to go into space ( sub-orbital ).

** Apollo 1: U. S. astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward Higgins White, and Roger Chaffee are killed when fire breaks out in their Apollo spacecraft during a launch pad test.

*** Gus Grissom, American astronaut ( b. 1926 )

* March 23 – Gemini 3: NASA launches the United States ' first 2-person crew ( Gus Grissom, John Young ) into Earth orbit.

Virgil Ivan Grissom ( April 3, 1926 – January 27, 1967 ), ( Lt Col, USAF ), better known as Gus Grissom, was one of the original NASA Project Mercury astronauts and a United States Air Force pilot.

Gus Grissom is buried in Section 3 of the Arlington National Cemetery, near Roger Chaffee.

* Virgil " Gus " Grissom Park, Fullerton, California.

* The Gus Grissom Stakes, thoroughbred horse race run each fall at Hoosier Park in Anderson, Indiana.

The character Gus Griswald in the popular children's TV show Recess is named after Grissom ( his fictional father is a General in the US Army and Gus is his recruit ).

A book titled: " Seven Minus One: the Story of Astronaut Gus Grissom " was self published in 1968 by Carl L. Chappell, Ph. D. through New Frontier Publishing Co. of Madison, Indiana and is probably the earliest biography of Col. Grissom.

* Indiana Historical Society tribute to Gus Grissom

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White died along with fellow astronauts Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee during a pre-launch test for the first manned Apollo mission at Cape Kennedy.

In March 1966 he was selected as Senior Pilot ( second seat ) for the first manned Apollo flight, designated AS-204, along with Command Pilot Virgil " Gus " Grissom, who had flown in space on the Mercury 4 Liberty Bell 7 mission and as commander of the Gemini 3 Molly Brown mission, and Pilot Roger Chaffee, who had yet to fly into space.

Charred remains of the Apollo 1 Apollo Command / Service Module | command module, in which White was killed along with Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee

Chaffee died along with fellow astronauts Gus Grissom and Ed White during a pre-launch test for the Apollo 1 mission at the then-Cape Kennedy Air Force Station, Florida, in 1967.

" Gus " Grissom, Ed White, and Roger B. Chaffee were killed in a cabin fire aboard their Apollo 1 Command Module, also designated AS-204.

The Beatles were fans of the Bonzos: they featured them in the 1967 film Magical Mystery Tour and Paul McCartney ( working with Gus Dudgeon under the alias Apollo C. Vermouth ) had produced their 1968 hit single " I'm the Urban Spaceman ".

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In late 1966, Schirra was assigned to command a three-man Apollo crew with Donn Eisele and Walter Cunningham to make the second manned flight test of the Apollo Command / Service Module some time in 1967, after the first such flight to be made by Gus Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee.

In April 1966, McDivitt, along with Astronaut Group 3 astronauts David Scott and Rusty Schweickart were named as members of the backup crew for Gus Grissom's first manned Apollo mission Apollo 1, flying only the Apollo Command / Service Module in Earth orbit.

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* Gus Grissom ( 1926-1967 ), one of the seven original American astronauts, killed in the Apollo 1 fire

" Gus " Grissom, is one of the three Apollo 1 Hills on the planet Mars.

Other guests set to appear on the new album are Gus G, Tom Englund, Apollo Papathanasio and John K. Making this album the first since Sweet Vengeance to feature the original line up.

Also of interest is a memorial to native resident of Mitchell, Gus Grissom, one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts, who died in the Apollo 1 accident.

The crew selected on March 21, 1966 for AS-204 consisted of Command Pilot Virgil " Gus " Grissom, Senior Pilot Edward H. White, and Pilot Roger Chaffee, who named their mission Apollo 1.

Gus Ehlers, competitor of Mr. Houtz in this farm community, says his business since August 1 is running 50% above a year earlier.

Gus Cannon's " Walk Right In " was a # 1 hit for The Rooftop Singers in 1963, the only time a jug band song topped the charts.

Titov orbited the Earth over 17 times, exceeding the single orbit of Yuri Gagarin on Vostok 1 − as well as the suborbital spaceflights of American astronauts Alan Shepard and Gus Grissom aboard their respective Mercury-Redstone 3 and 4 missions.

Gus ' Movie Score ( 1 to 10 ): 8 ( Italian cinema reference intended?

These themes are underscored by other remarks that characterize their journey, such as: ( 1 ) " you ride with an outlaw, you die with an outlaw " when Jake is found with the horse thieves ; and ( 2 ) a comment Gus made to Call: " It ain't dyin ' I'm talkin ' about ... it's LIVIN!

Gus Van Sant's 1991 film My Own Private Idaho is loosely based on Part 1 of Henry IV.

Booker hauled in a 15 yard touchdown pass from Gus Frerotte in fourth quarter of a January 1 contest against the New England Patriots, giving the Dolphins a 25-13 lead in their 28-26 victory.

Olivia received Gus Aitoro's ( Ricky Paull Goldin ) heart to survive when he was killed on April 1, 2008.

* Gus G .-Solo on track 1

Gus Hansen won the 2010 Poker Million IX on December 10, defeating Tony Bloom heads up to win the $ 1, 000, 000 winner takes all prize from a final table of 8.