1969 - Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins and Neil Armstrong pose with their new honorary medals given to them by French President Pompidou, and the President joins them.
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CANADA - 1946 - General Eisenhower visits Canada where he leaves a wreath at a war memorial and gives a speech upon receiving an honorary doctorate from the University of Toronto.
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1918 - Columbia University's President Butler presents an honorary degree to Archbishop Cosmo Lang of York.
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USA - 1951 - In this historical film, Booker T. Washington receives an honorary degree from Harvard but leaves his biggest legacy at Tuskegee University.
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USA - 1924 - In this silent western, the president of the Central Pacific railroad company, Leland Stanford, is given a golden spike at the Transcontinental Railroad's opening ceremony.
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CAMBRIDGE - 1955 - An honorary degree is bestowed upon Albert Schweitzer at Cambridge University.
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MARYLAND - 1954 - President Eisenhower receives an honorary degree from Washington College and makes jokes during his commencement address.
1966 - LBJ receives an honorary doctorate from Princeton University, and arrives to give a speech at the dedication ceremony for the new Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.
1948 - Eleanor Roosevelt receives an honorary degree from Ultrecht University in the Netherlands.
1944 - General Clark bestows an honorary plaque upon a platoon of WACs stationed in Italy. The servicewomen eat, play ping pong, and tend to a victory garden.
1962 - JFK receives an honorary doctoral degree in law from the University of California on Charter Day, and is cheered by a huge crowd of graduates.
1944 - The director of the Annapolis Naval Academy receives an honorary medal from the superintendent of the Peruvian Naval School, and midshipmen pass in review for visiting Peruvian officers.
1944 - In this animated film, Spunky the donkey is made an honorary member of a canine military unit when he rids their camp of fleas.
1962 - Astronaut Scott Carpenter receives an honorary degree in aeronautical engineering from the University of Colorado, which he had failed to obtain some years before.
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