Chuck Yeager

On this day in history: Pilot Chuck Yeager was the first man to travel faster than the speed of sound in 1947, Martin Luther King jr. won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. Born: Ralph Lauren, Usher.

The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club -- The documentary film 'The Legend of Pancho Barnes' chronicles the thrilling life and extraordinary times of aviation pioneer Florence Lowe 'Pancho' Barnes, one of the most colorful and accomplished women pilots of the earliest 20th Century, and an ill-behaved woman who made history. Featuring interviews with Pancho's friends including astronaut Buzz Aldrin, test pilots Bob Cardenas, Bob Hoover and Chuck Yeager, and biographers Lauren Kessler and Barbara Schultz. Tom Skerritt narrates, and Kathy Bates is the voice of Pancho Barnes. Produced and written by Nick T. Spark, and directed by Amanda Pope. Produced in affiliation with KOCE-TV, PBS for Orange County, California. For more information visit the website: http://www.LegendofPanchoBarnes.com

The Right Stuff is based on abook by Tom Wolfe. They recount the story of the first seven astronauts selected for the NASA space program, based on interviews and research by the author. The story contrasts the 'Mercury Seven' and their families with Chuck Yeager, who was considered by many test pilots to be the best of them all, but who was never selected as an astronaut. The Mercury Seven were Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Deke Slayton.