Although today we tend to look back at the Space Race with the Soviet Union as a competition we were destined to win, it was actually the Soviets that secured many of the early victories. American officials at the time weren’t only worried about So…
Often referred to as a hidden figure of NASA, Katherine Johnson was a genius with numbers. Born in August 1918 as the youngest of four children, she was disadvantaged at…
Lydia Dominick is the owner of Buffalo Balloon Co. in Buffalo, New York. “I started Buffalo Balloon Co. because I love to see people feel important and balloons are one…
Dictators don’t like to get their hands dirty. It makes their actions easier to defend if they get ousted and end up on trial for their crimes. German dictator Adolf…
John Corbin was part of the gun crews manning two cannons as Hessian mercenaries fought to take Northern Manhattan from the patriot army fortified there. As the battle wore on,…
Susan Ahn Cuddy was all about historic firsts. Born in Los Angeles in 1915, her parents were the first married Korean couple to immigrate to the United States in 1902….
On December 7, 2020, Naval Air Forces confirmed Capt. Amy N. Bauernschmidt’s selection as the first female sailor to command a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. The historic selection was followed by…
On October 3, 1876, Marie Josephine Leopoldine Bracken was born at Victoria Barracks in Hong Kong. Her father was an Irishman serving in the British Army. That explains an Irishwoman…
The Navy marked a first earlier this year when a woman completed Navy SEAL officer assessment and selection, Military.com has learned.
At the quarterly meeting of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services in December, a Navy offi…