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Official founding of the British Interplanetary Society in Liverpool. 15 people were founding members. The meeting takes place at the offices of H.C. Binns esq, Room 15, 81 Dale Street Liverpool. As well as Philip Ellaby Cleator and Leslie J. Johnson , attendees included James Davies, Colin Askham, J. Toolan, Thomas McNab, E. Roberts, James A. Free Jr and Norman Weedall.

The Reaction Propulsion Research Institute in the Soviet Union is put under the authority of the People's Commissariat of Heavy Industry.

Russian stratosphere flight in Army balloon USSR attained a reported altitude of 60,095 feet, G. Prokofiev, K. Godunov, and E. Birnbaum as balloonists.

Reversible-pitch propeller tested at McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio.

School of Aviation Medicine moved from Brooks Field to Randolph Field, Tex.

First B-17 prototype crashed on takeoff during flight testing at Wright Field.

Chief of Army Ordnance invited Secretary of the Navy to utilize the White Sands Proving Ground (WSPG) as a test range for naval-guided missiles (BuOrd) and for pilotless aircraft (BuAer).

Dr. H. J. E. Reid, Engineer-in-Charge of the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory (1926-60), received the Medal of Merit from President Truman for wartime contributions to American airpower.

William M. Holaday appointed by the President to be Chairman of the NASA-DOD Civilian-Military Liaison Committee (CMLC).

''RELEASE: 11-366 NASA STATEMENT ON SUCCESS OF RUSSIAN PROGRESS LAUNCH Successful Launch Sets Stage for Soyuz Flight'' WASHINGTON -- The following is a statement from Bill Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for Human Exploration and Operations at NASA Headquarters in Washington, on Sunday's launch of the Progress 45 spacecraft to the International Space Station . The rocket lifted off from ...

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