Milton
Friedman American economist and educator Milton
Friedman, who was one of the leading proponents of monetarism
in the second half of the 20th century and who was awarded the 1976
Nobel Prize for Economics, was born this day in
1912.
This Day in
History
Apollo 15 astronaut James B. Irwin standing in back
of the Lunar Roving Vehicle; the Lunar Module
1971: Lunar Roving Vehicle
first used on the Moon On this day in 1971, Apollo
15 astronauts James
B. Irwin and David Scott first used the four-wheeled,
battery-powered Lunar Roving Vehicle to extensively explore the Moon's
surface, in particular the Hadley-Apennine
site.
A UN Security Council resolution authorized the use of “all
necessary means” to restore democracy to Haiti.
1948:
U.S. President Harry
S. Truman dedicated Idlewild Airport as New York International
Airport (rededicated as John F. Kennedy International Airport in
1963).
1921:
Whitney M. Young, Jr., who spearheaded
the drive for equal opportunity for blacks in industry and U.S.
government service while he was head of the National
Urban League (1961–71), was born in Lincoln Ridge,
Kentucky.
1667:
The Treaty
of Breda ended the Second Anglo-Dutch War and transferred New
Netherland (now New York and New Jersey) to England.