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The Memphis 13 are the group of young children who integrated the schools of Memphis, Tennessee. On October 3, 1961, 13 African-American first grade students were enrolled in schools that were previously all white. The schools that the students attended were Bruce, Gordon, Rozelle, and Springdale elementary schools. [1]
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January 13, 1963: A Delta Air Lines Douglas DC-7, registration N4875C, crashed into a parked USAF Fairchild C-123 Provider on an unfamiliar taxiway at night. At the time the DC-7 was carrying 5 occupants on board on during a ferrying/positioning flight and was taxiing for takeoff at then Memphis Municipal Airport when it struck the USAF airplane.
This list of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft includes notable events that have a corresponding Wikipedia article. Entries in this list involve passenger or cargo aircraft that are operating commercially and meet this list's size criteria—passenger aircraft with a seating capacity of at least 10 passengers, or commercial cargo aircraft of at least 20,000 lb (9,100 kg).
The first landing at the airport occurred on October 13, 1961. Lucius Burch of Memphis, Tennessee, and two passengers came for a weekend of fishing. Formerly, he had to land in Crestview, Florida, which Burch described as a "terrible nuisance". The field was being clayed by the county at the request of the Okaloosa Airport and Industrial Authority.
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1957 Cebu Douglas C-47 crash which caused the death of the 7th President of the Philippines, Ramon Magsaysay 1958 List of accidents and incidents involving the DC-3 in 1958 1959 List of accidents and incidents involving the DC-3 in 1959
[20] [21] The crash site was discovered on 13 January at about the 5,000-foot (1,500 m) level of Cajon Mountain. 13 January Former Navy pilot, now a test pilot for Douglas Aircraft Company , James B. Verdin , 36, is killed this date when he bails out of A4D Skyhawk , BuNo 137815, at 30,000 feet (9,100 m) during a test flight near Victorville ...