American engineer, pilot, and astronaut (died 2004)[citation needed]

Gordon Cooper

Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr. was an American aerospace engineer, test pilot, United States Air Force pilot, and the youngest of the seven original astronauts in Project Mercury, the first human space program of the United States. Cooper learned to fly as a child, and after service in the United States Marine Corps during World War II, he was commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1949. After serving as a fighter pilot, he qualified as a test pilot in 1956 and was selected as an astronaut in 1959.

Born

1927

March 6

Died

2004

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1920s

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-12 The Roman emperor Augustus is named Pontifex Maximus, incorporating the position into that of the emperor.
845 The 42 Martyrs of Amorium are killed after refusing to convert to Islam.
1204 The Siege of Château Gaillard ends in a French victory over King John of England, who loses control of Normandy to King Philip II Augustus.
1323 Treaty of Paris of 1323 is signed.

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The world in 1927

When Gordon arrived

april 12 Shanghai massacre of 1927: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Chinese Communist Party members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front.[citation needed]
april 12 Rocksprings, Texas is hit by an F5 tornado that destroys 235 of the 247 buildings in the town, kills 72 townspeople, and injures 205; third deadliest tornado in Texas history.
april 19 Mae West is sentenced to ten days in jail for obscenity for her play Sex.
april 23 Cardiff City defeat Arsenal in the FA Cup Final, the only time it has been won by a team not based in England.

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Antoine-Henri Jomini 1779–1869 French-Russian general (born 1779) Donald Davidson 1917–2003 American philosopher and academic (born 1917) Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1806–1861 English poet and translator (born 1806) Gabriel García Márquez 1927–2014 Colombian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1927) Lefty Grove 1900–1975 American baseball player (died 1975) Mário Bližňák 1987– Slovak ice hockey player Michelangelo 1475–1564 Italian sculptor and painter (born 1475) Obafemi Awolowo 1909–1987 Nigerian lawyer and politician (died 1987) Philip Sheridan 1831– Irish-American general (died 1888)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1927

Althea Gibson 1927–2003 American tennis player and golfer (died 2003) Antônio Carlos Jobim 1927–1994 Brazilian singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1927) Barbara Rush 1927–2024 American actress (died 2024) Bud Grant 1927– American football player and coach (died 2023) Carmen Basilio 1927–2012 American boxer and soldier (died 2012) Clive Churchill 1927–1985 Australian rugby league player and coach (born 1927) Eugene Parker 1927– American astrophysicist and academic (died 2022) Ferenc Puskás 1927–2006 Hungarian footballer and manager (died 2006) Gabriel García Márquez 1927–2014 Colombian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1927)

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