THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN

The Tuskegee Airmen

HBO 1995 106m

Due to the rigid pattern of racial segregation that prevailed in the United States during World War II, over 966 Black military aviators were trained at an isolated training complex near the town of Tuskegee, Alabama and at Tuskegee Institute now known as Tuskegee University. Four Hundred and fifty black fighter pilots under the command of Col. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., (who was to later become the U. S. Air Force's first Black General) fought in the aerial war over North Africa, Sicily and Europe flying in secession, P-40, P-39, P-47, and P-51 type aircraft. These gallant men flew 15,553 sorties and completed 1578 missions with the 12th Tactical U. S. Army Air Force and the 15th Strategic U. S. Army Air Force

Their story is told in this dramatic movie starring Laurence Fishburne and Cuba Gooding Jr.

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1995

World Events

1/17	Massive earthquake hits Kobe, Japan
4/19	Bomb blast kills 169 in Oklahoma City
5/11	Ebola outbreak kills hundreds in Zaire
8/24	Windows 95 released
9/3	O.J.Simpson acquitted of double murder
11/4	Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin assassinated
12/14	Treaty halts fighting in Bosnia

Deaths

4/25 Ginger Rogers

5/18 Elisha Cook Jr.

6/29 Lana Turner

7/1 Wolfman Jack

8/3 Ida Lupino

8/9 Jerry Garcia

12/25 Dean Martin

Academy Awards

Best Picture - BRAVEHEART

Best Director - Mel Gibson/BRAVEHEART

Best Actor - Nicolas Cage/LEAVING LAS VEGAS

Best Actress - Susan Sarandon/DEAD MAN WALKING

Best supporting Actor - Kevin Spacey/THE USUAL SUSPECTS

Best Supporting Actress - Mira Sorvino/MIGHTY APHRODITE

Top Grossing Picture - TOY STORY

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