He fulfilled a campaign promise with the pardon. In 1977, in the year of Roderick Gordon's passing, on January 21st, President Carter pardoned "draft dodgers" - men who avoided the draft during the Vietnam War. By the end of the year, 190,000 American soldiers were in the country. The 3500 Marines joined 23,000 "advisors" already in South Vietnam. In 1965, Roderick was 39 years old when on March 8th, the first US combat troops arrived in Vietnam. Previously, hydrogen bombs had only been tested on the ground. tested the first hydrogen bomb dropped from a plane over Bikini Atoll. In 1956, when he was 30 years old, on May 20th, the U.S. Greece, Turkey, and West Germany later joined. Twelve nations originally signed the North Atlantic Treaty - the United States, Great Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Iceland, Canada, and Portugal. In 1949, at the age of 23 years old, Roderick was alive when on April 4th, NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was established. Ownership of the network was split between RCA (a majority partner at 50%), its founding corporate parent General Electric (which owned 30%), and Westinghouse (which owned the remaining 20%). It was the U.S.'s first major broadcast network. In 1926, in the year that Roderick Gordon was born, on November 15th, NBC was founded. Refresh this page to see various historical events that occurred during Roderick's lifetime.
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