First nonstop transatlantic flight by a helicopter. Belvoir, Virginia, six soldiers electrocuted while erecting a flagpole at a Little League baseball game. Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure.
Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
Immigrant workers were received as comrades. BleedMeisterDave is safely working behind the bar at the Comet Tavern. The Revolutionary Cells Terrorist Group explodes bombs at four U.S. military bases. Dutch cabinet votes to postpone its decision on accepting Cruise missiles until Nov 1, 1985. US government obstructs passage of most proposed agreements.