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Admiral McKee dies
2013
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Rickover dies in Arlington VA
1986
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Rickover retires and Admiral McKee becomes NR's 2nd Director on 2/1/1982)
1982
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Rickover is retired as a vice admiral, and then immediately reappointed by the secretary of the navy to a recurring two-year term on active duty
1964
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Rickover and Vice President Richard Nixon embark on a non-diplomatic trip to Russia
1959
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Rickover received Congressional Gold Medal
1959
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Rickover & Harry Mandil travel to England to consult with 1st Sea Lord Louis Mountbatten on ways to assist British nuclear submarine efforts.
1958
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Rickover + 5 other Naval Officers go to Oak Ridge to study
1946
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In June, 1946, the Chief of Naval Operations, Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz decided to send five officers (including then Captain Hyman Rickover) and three civilians to Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to study the potential of using nuclear energy to power ships. The Navy group organized themselves under Captain Rickover (or…
Rickover publishes "Eminent Americans"
1972
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Rickover publishes "American Education, A National Failure"
1963
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NR-1 initial sea trials
1969
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NR-1 launched
1969
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