1975 Death Charles McMahon, Jr., U.S. USMC lance corporal, killed in Vietnam 1950 Event V-2/WAC Corporal rocket launch; 1st launch from Cape Canaveral 1949 Event WAC Corporal rocket achieves height of 400k (record) 1945 Event JPL WAC Corporal Launch (1st Man-Made Object to escape Atmosphere) 1945 Event Epe freed (by corporal G van Aken) 1944 Event General Eisenhower's clerk Rickey marries corporal Pearlie 1944 Event 1st performance of corporal Samuel Barber's 2nd Symphony 1941 Death Jack Edmonson, Australian corporal in Tobruk (Victoria Cross), dies 1937 Event "il duce" visits Berlin/named "the Fuhrer" to corporal 1st class 1854 Event Netherlands allows corporal punishment
