This Day in History: V-2, Potsdam, Indianapolis, CIA, Desegregation, Apollo 15 and STS-114

July 26, 1944 - The first German V-2 Rocket hits England.  The V-2 Rocket (Vergeltungswaffe 2) is the first operational ballistic missile and first man-made object to achieve sub-orbital spaceflight.  Over 3,000 V-2’s were launched by the German Wehrmacht against Allied military and civilian targets causing the deaths of 7,250 persons while as many as 20,000 at Mittelbau-Dora died constructing the V-2s. July 26, 1945 - The Potsdam Declaration is signed by Harry S. Truman, Winston Churchill and

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