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On December 7, 1941, Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor , Hawaii Territory, killing more than 2,300 Americans.

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On June 4, 1942, the Battle of Midway–one of the most decisive U.S. victories against Japan during World War II–begins.

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Guion Bluford was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 22,1942.

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January 1,1943, Negro Baseball League star Josh Gibson suffers a nervous breakdown; admitted to hospital for rest and treatment; released in time for pre-season training.

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Normandy Invasion, also called Operation Overlord or D-Day, during World War II, the Allied invasion of western Europe, which was launched on June 6, 1944 with the simultaneous landing of U.S., British, and Canadian forces on five separate beachheads in Normandy, France.

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He enrolled at Pennsylvania State and married wife Linda in 1964.

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He won several medals for his service including the Vietnam cross of Gallantry with Palm in 1966.

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Guion S. Bluford was one of 35 chosen to join the new space shuttle team in January 1978.

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He officially became a NASA astronaut in August 1979.

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Bluford made history on August 30, 1983, when he became the first African American to experience space travel.

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Guion S. Bluford joined NYMA Inc. as vice president/general manager of its engineering services division in 1993.

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Bluford completed three more NASA missions, compiling 688 hours in space by the time of his retirement in 1993.

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Bluford was inducted into the International Space Hall of Fame in 1997 and the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame in 2010.

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Guion Bluford died February 1st, 2003 when the space shuttle Columbia perished with its crew reentry.