1962 –
NASA announces plans to build the C-5 rocket. Better known as the
Saturn V, the rocket would serve as the
launch vehicle for every
Apollo Project mission, including those that landed on the Moon.
2003 –
Illinois Governor
George Ryan commutes the death sentences of 167 prisoners on Illinois' death row after it is discovered that
Chicago Police Department detective
Jon Burge elicited several confessions through the use of torture. The move effectively ends the use of the
death penalty in the state.