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Jeana Yeager and Dick Rutan made history by completing the first non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world, 1986
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Jeana Yeager and Dick Rutan made history by completing the first non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world, 1986

u/eaglemaxie — 1 day ago
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In 1965, Lucille Ball was the ‘queen of all she surveyed’ as the sole female head of a major Hollywood studio she successfully greenlit and championed iconic hits like Star Trek and Mission Impossible

u/eaglemaxie — 4 days ago
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Anti-war advocate, Major General Smedley Butler was a legendary U.S. Marine Corps general who earned two Medals of Honor and later exposed how foreign military interventions served corporate financial agendas, 1920s

u/Lonely-Contest — 4 days ago
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee, Kate Bush taught herself piano at the age of 11 and soon began composing songs in late 1960s

u/eaglemaxie — 6 days ago
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Dolores Costello Barrymore was a major silent film star and is the grandmother of Drew Barrymore, 1920s

u/eaglemaxie — 6 days ago
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Pinkerton National Detective Agency detective, Kate Warne, uncovered a plot to assassinate President-elect Lincoln. She escorted him through Baltimore by disguising him and posing as his relative, and stayed awake to guard him in 1861

u/adjustgod — 7 days ago
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Danny Bonaduce and Donny Osmond charity boxing match. Bonaduce won the bout by a controversial split decision, 1994

u/eaglemaxie — 8 days ago
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Before Dolph Lundgren became a famous Hollywood action star, he was actually working as Grace Jones’s personal bodyguard. They quickly fell in love, 1980s

u/eaglemaxie — 11 days ago
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During the 1961 inaugural parade, nine members of John F. Kennedy's original World War II crew rode on a replica PT-109 to surprise the new president

u/eaglemaxie — 13 days ago
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Aerospace engineer, Judith Love Cohen is credited with helping save Apollo 13. After disaster struck it was her Abort-Guidance System that brought the astronauts home safely, 1959

u/eaglemaxie — 14 days ago
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From Library of Congress, Young woman, half-length portrait, facing front, smiling, 1890s

u/eaglemaxie — 14 days ago
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Anne Bancroft with her future husband Mel Brooks at the Hollywood premiere of The Miracle Worker. Bancroft heavily encouraged Brooks to take creative risks, including launching his career as a songwriter and film director, 1962

u/eaglemaxie — 15 days ago
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In 1997, Julia Butterfly Hill climbed a 1,000 year-old redwood tree named Luna. She lived on a tiny wooden platform for 738 days to stop the Pacific Lumber Company from cutting it down

u/eaglemaxie — 15 days ago