Major Michael Adams, USAF

Historical marker location:

Johannesburg, California

( Marker can be reached from Trona Road when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2004

The First In-Flight Fatality of the American Space Program.

The first drive-in movie theater in the world was opened in California in 1933. The theater, called the Drive-In Theatre, was located in Camden, New Jersey. However, the drive-in movie theater became more popular in California and eventually spread across the country.