ond ay ) ▁Th erm us ▁aqu atic us , ▁a ▁previously ▁unknown ▁species ▁of ▁b acter ia ▁that ▁could ▁toler ate ▁high ▁temper atures , ▁was ▁first ▁gathered ▁by ▁scient ists ▁who ▁were ▁research ing ▁water ▁samples ▁from ▁the ▁hot ▁spr ings ▁of ▁Y ellow stone ▁National ▁Park ▁in ▁Wy oming . ▁ ▁The ▁source ▁was ▁collected ▁from ▁M ush room ▁Spring , ▁in ▁the ▁Park ' s ▁Lower ▁G ey ser ▁Bas in , ▁by ▁micro bi ologist ▁Thomas ▁D . ▁Bro ck ▁of ▁Indiana ▁University , ▁and ▁he ▁and ▁Hudson ▁Free ze ▁successfully ▁isolated ▁cult ures ▁from ▁the ▁spring . ▁ ▁From ▁T . ▁aqu atic us , ▁the ▁heat - res istant ▁en zym e ▁Ta q ▁polym er ase ▁( or ▁Ta q ) ▁would ▁be ▁developed , ▁revolution izing ▁gen etic ▁engineering . ▁F lying ▁a ▁Mi G - 1 7 ▁jet , ▁N gu y ễ n ▁V ă n ▁B ả y ▁became ▁the ▁first ▁North ▁Vietnam ese ▁f ighter ▁ace , ▁when ▁he ▁shot ▁down ▁his ▁fifth ▁air plane , ▁a ▁U . S . ▁Navy ▁F - 8 ▁f ighter . ▁The ▁American ▁pilot , ▁U . S . ▁Air ▁Force ▁Captain ▁Wil fred ▁K . ▁Abb ott , ▁e ject ed ▁to ▁safety , ▁but ▁was ▁captured ▁and ▁would ▁spend ▁more ▁than ▁six ▁years ▁as ▁a ▁prisoner ▁of ▁war . ▁The ▁first ▁tele cast ▁of ▁The ▁Jerry ▁Lewis ▁M DA ▁Labor ▁Day ▁Tele th on ▁concluded ▁as ▁com ed ian ▁Jerry ▁Lewis