Lived on Alcatraz as a child when 4 prisoners famously attempted escape in 1962 (Eastwood's 'Escape from Alcatraz'), digging through walls and disappearing forever (save 1) on a homemade raft. Now 1 of the prison's most prominent historians
Born in 1925, Bach is a Psychologist & WWII Veteran who served in the European Theatre of Operations during WW2. He later joined the Research Center For Mental Health at New York University in 1956. He was awarded the Heinz Hartmann award for his research
One of the survivors from The Chernobyl disaster, that occured on 26 April 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine. He was working at the power plant complex, the night the explosion took place
Folk Singer/Songwriter - Woodstock Diamonds & Rust, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (The Band cover), There But For Fortune (Phil Ochs cover), Farewell Angelina, Joe Hill, Love Is Just a Four-Letter Word, We Shall Overcome (gospel). Activist
Elementary school student in Colorado in 1963. His late grandmother, Georgia Ella Beale Smith, observed the motorcade from the corner of Main and Houston Streets and heard shots fired in Dealey Plaza
(Born 1943) US Navy Vietnam Veteran. POW from 1967 to 1973. Recipient of 2 Silver Stars, a Legion of Merit, 2 Distinguished Flying Crosses, a Bronze Star, and 2 Purple Hearts
American physicist born July 27, 1904; Director of the Trinity test of the Manhattan Project, which took place July 16, 1945. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Bainbridge
Little League player (1927-2020). Original member of the first 3 Little League teams of 1939. Batting champ of the first year's champions, the Lycoming Dairy team
Son of John Logie Baird. Scottish inventor John Logie Baird was the founding father of television, who in January 1926 became the first to demonstrate publicly real television. Malcolm Baird has written numerous articles for academic journals
Known for her role in the Nannygate matter of 1993, which arose when she was nominated by President Bill Clinton as the first woman to be Attorney General of the United States but withdrew her nomination because of a controversy surrounding the nanny she
JFK - DPD motorcycle officer that drove in the Kennedy motorcade in Dallas on November 22, 1963; one of the first at the Texas Schoolbook Depository. Can be seen in various films and photographs from that day
WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941. Served on the USS Ralph Talbot during the attack, and was on board during the landing on Guadalcanal and the Battle of Savo Island in 1942
US WWII Merchant Marine, born 1926. One of the 10 Merchant Marines to represent the surviving 1500 at the official Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in 2022
(Born 1939) US Navy Vietnam War Veteran. POW from 1965 to 1973. Recipient of a Silver Star, a Legion of Merit, a Distinguished Flying Cross, 2 Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart
Alfred Baldwin (born June 23, 1936) was the 'shadow man' in the Watergate first break-in and the ensuing Watergate scandal, but he played an important role. A former FBI agent, Baldwin had been hired by James McCord for a variety of purposes, one of which
Former U.S. Army soldier - WWII, Korean War, was assigned to Operation Castle - a series of nuclear weapons tests at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Published 10 books. Mauser expert - History Channel's 'Tales of the Gun' series
A Russian political and military figure, Yury Nikolaevich Baluevsky is the Deputy Secretary of Russia's Security Council, the First Deputy Defense Minister, an army general, and a former head of Russia's General Staff
American journalist at The Washington Post. Frequently appears on the Meet the Press and the PBS program Washington Week. Co-wrote The Battle for America 2008 with the late Pulitzer Prize winner Haynes Johnson. Served in the military
Indian-born American economist. He shared the 2019 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer, 'for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.'
American lawyer who was one of the prosecutors during the Watergate scandal.
Wine-Banks later served under President Jimmy Carter as the first woman to hold the position of US General Counsel of the Army
WWII: CBI. Member of Merrill's Marauders aka Unit Galahad, officially named the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), a US Army long range penetration special operations jungle warfare unit
WWII - Monuments Men, 2nd (post-VE-Day) generation. 66th Infrantry Division; witness of the sinking of the S.S. Leopoldville on 24 Dec 1944 (torpedoed by a German U-boat; 763 soldiers died). Served as a Monuments Men after V-E-day in Austria
WWII: ETO/MTO. 451st Bomb Group, 724th Squadron, 15th AF. His plane was hit by a German 88 on Oct. 13, 1944, while over Vienna, Austria, and had to bail out. He became a POW, eventually held at Stalag Luft #7A near Moosburg, Germany,
WWII: CBI. Member of Merrill's Marauders aka Unit Galahad, officially named the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), a US Army long range penetration special operations jungle warfare unit
Former General in the Canadian Forces, Military Advisor to the UN Sec. General & head of the Military Division of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations of the United Nations from 1992 to 1997, & Chief of the Defence Staff in Canada from 1997 t
American experimental physicist. In 2017, Barish was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics along with Rainer Weiss and Kip Thorne 'for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves'
Native of UK, Barker living in California at time of the assassination. 6 months later, visited Dallas as part of a 2-month tour, during which he witnessed & photographed FBI & Secret Service reenactment of the shooting on May 24, 1964
WWII: US Navy. USS Hornet (CV-8). Doolittle Raid, Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands); survived the sinking of the Hornet in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 26 October 1942
11 year old Civilian Pearl Harbor Witness, born 1930. Father worked at the Harbor. Raced on his bike, saw bombs dropping, bullets near his feet. Told 'We're at war! Run for safety!' Served as island messenger on his bike in the days after
US WWII D-Day veteran, born 1926. Knocked out by an explosion, spent the first night filled with shrapnel and wracked in pain until he was picked up the next afternoon. Later served in the Philippines
JFK Kennedy Related/Dallas County deputy sheriff for 26 years, Barnes spent three months guarding Jack Ruby in his jail cell in 1965. He and Ruby talked and played board games, and Ruby drew pictures for Barnes' children
Iran Hostage Crisis Survivor (Fifty-two American diplomats and citizens were held hostage for 444 days (November 4, 1979, to January 20, 1981) Vice consul
Irish physician (Born: 1914) who worked in leper colonies in West Africa in the 1940's. He co-founded ICROSS with Michael Elmore-Meegan. He lectured in tropical medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Dallas Policeman doing crowd control in front of the Texas Schoolbook Depository during JFK shooting. Limo passed within feet of him moments before the shots were fired. Ran around the building to check for any fleeing gunman, then stationed at the front
WWII Veteran, As a radar operator on a B-29 nicknamed The Great Artiste, he and other crew members accompanied a plane known as Bockscar to Japan, where it dropped the second atomic bomb and hastened the end of World War II
Engineer Texas Instruments, worked with CIA on number of high-level security projects during Cold War. Acquaintance Jack Ruby, recalls Ruby participated in 2 top-secret flights in 1961. Wrote/Four Wars 2011 & Socialism vs Capitalism (2013)
Flew in hundreds of combat helicopter missions in Vietnam during the 1960s. Honored with war medals for helping to extract dozens of wounded Americans from fields and jungles/1st Cavalry Division, 15th Medical Battalion Medevac platoon
Most decorated soldier in the Vietnam War. Has been called the Puerto Rican Rambo. He earned 38 military decorations during his career. Born April 7, 1937
Dallas County deputy sheriff 1966-1977, often assigned guard duty inside Ruby's cell at Dallas County Jail & later his room @ Parkland Memorial Hospital/Had numerous personal conversations & interactions with Ruby about shooting of Oswald
WWII: I Company, 3rd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR). D-Day (wounded by a grenade after a couple of days), back for the Siege of Bastogne (Battle of the Bulge), made it to the Eagle's Nest and ended the war in Austria
NASA test pilot - He flies a number of Gulfstream III variants along with the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), a modified Boeing 747SP and the world's largest airborne astronomical observatory
German-American author, IT specialist, speaker & former sleeper agent of the KGB who spied on the U.S. from 1978?88. Exposed after the Cold War, Became a resource for U.S, counterintelligence agencies and was allowed to remain in the U.S
WWII - Hitler's Nazi poster boy for propaganda in the late 1930s. Chosen at the age of four, his face appeared on postcards, books and campaigns for Nazi Germany
Society columnist for Dallas Times Herald, at Dallas Love Field & Parkland Memorial Hospital on November 22, 1963/Rushed through a crowd of waiting journalists, phone that two priests confirmed the worst about the assassination attempt
WWII Rosie and SPAR (1923-2024) Worked two years at Ford Willow Run Bomber Plant, drilling rivet holes for B-24s. Then joined the Coast Guard's Women SPARs
William Marvin Bass III (born August 30, 1928) is an American forensic anthropologist, best known for his research on human osteology and human decomposition. He has also assisted federal, local, and non-U.S. authorities in the identification of human rem
(born Elsie Thorpe, 15 July 1918) is a retired agricultural scientist from New Zealand. She graduated from Massey University in 1941, becoming the first woman graduate from the university
24 year old student at Wagner Lutheran College when he was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi for his participation in a Freedom Ride. As part of the Freedom Ride, Bassford and six others took a bus from New Orleans to Jackson, Mississippi where they were a
Wife of Terry Anderson Journalist/Reporter Associated Press/In 1985, he was taken hostage by Shiite Hezbollah militants & held til 1991. She was pregnant when he was abducted/gave birth to daughter, Sulome Theresa, while husband was captive
CIA operative gathered on-the-ground intelligence on Cuba's military defenses in preparation for Bay of Pigs invasion. After JFK abandoned invading troops on beach at Playa Girón, Basulto says, he abandoned the CIA operatives on the island
Korean War: One of the 'Non-Repatriated 23' who didn't return to the US after the end of the Korean War. Most ended up returning to the US; a maximum of 7 are still alive
WWII: CBI. Member of Merrill's Marauders aka Unit Galahad, officially named the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), a US Army long range penetration special operations jungle warfare unit in Burma. Bronze Star
John Baudanza is a Lucchese soldier, operating in his father-in-law Domenico Cutaia's crew.[102] His father Carmine and uncle Joseph are both members of the Colombo crime family.
Born July 2, 1918 at Troyes , is a radio host , drummer of jazz , official and academic French .
He is the last survivor of the team of French journalists from Radio London , programs on the BBC during the Second World War
American Female electrical engineer and educator. In 1984, she became the first female dean of an engineering school in the United States. In 1988, the National Women's Hall of Fame presented Baum with the Emily Warren Roebling Award. In 1990, the Society
American lawyer & politician from NY. In 1930, Ran for Lieutenant Governor of New York with A. Ottinger but defeated by FDR & H.H. Lehman/Championed 1926 law mandating life imprisonment for 4-time felony offenders, the Baumes l
August 27, 1918- March 20, 2008) was an American aviatrix who became the first American woman to fly a United States Army Air Force jet aircraft as a test pilot during WWII as a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots program/WASP
WASP/First American woman to fly a United States Army Air Forces jet aircraft when she flew the Bell YP-59A jet fighter at Wright Field as a test pilot during World War II
American-French-Tunisian chemist. In 2023, Bawendi was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry jointly with Louis E. Brus and Alexey Ekimov 'for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots'
Alaskan 1925 diphtheria epidemic survivor, born 1920. Last survivor of the 1925 Nome Serum Run, a frantic dog sled effort to deliver serum to the afflicted
(Born 1925) US Merchant Marine/Army/Air Force WW2 and Vietnam Veteran. Merchant Marine 1943 to 1944, US Army from 1944 to 1946, US Air Force 1951 to 1974
Famous teacher of the The Mavis Beacon Typing Institute: Created the software, 'Mavis Beacon teaches typing' which has ranked #1 by the NPD Intelect Market.
Pearl Harbor survivor 7 Dec 1941, serving on USS Hull. Later fought in the battles of Bourgainville, Salamua-Lea, Guadalcanal, Wake Island, Attu-Kiska, Wake Island again, and Tarawa. Born July 6, 1921
WWII: Survivor of the failed Operation Jubilee ('Dieppe Raid') on 19 August 1942, when 60% of the mostly Canadian landing force were either killed, wounded or captured
On D-Day, June 6, 1944, 73,000 American forces descended on the beaches of Normandy. Bearden was a 21-year-old sergeant in the Army's 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment. Wrote; 'To D-Day and Back'
Cold War Spy/retired Central Intelligence Agency officer, author and film consultant. Bearden is President and CEO of the Asia-Africa Projects Group/Author of three books
Noted Civil War and World War II Historian. WWII Marine, 3rd Raider Battalion (Battle of Guadalcanal), Chief historian for the National Park Service 1981 - 1994
WWII: Marine Corps, 1st Raider Battalion. Tulaghi, Guadalcanal, Saipan, Tinian. Fired the first shot against the Japanese occupied South Pacific Island of Tulagi on August 7, 1942
Psychiatrist at Parkland Memorial Hospital when assassination took place. Later, following the Jack Ruby trial, was hired by Ruby family to conduct psychiatric evaluation of Ruby/ He spent 11 hours with Ruby & present for his polygraph test
AP photographer photographed burning airship Hindenburg 15 pics, from 1st flare-up, rescue of survivors & picture of Lou Gehrig wiping away a tear as the fatally ill first baseman bade farewell to Yankee teammates & fans at Yankee Stadium
9/11 - Retired NY firefighter who bluffed his way to Ground Zero on Sept. 14, 2001, and ended up on Time magazine in iconic photograph next to President George W. Bush
Vietnam Vet/Participated in Battle of La Drang, highlighted in the book 'We Were Soldiers Once...And Young'/Artillery with Infantry, carried radio in battle/Awarded one Purple Heart, two Bronze Stars
9-year-old girl kidnapped in New York by a friend of the family, and held in an underground bunker from December 28, 1992, to January 13, 1993. Author of Buried Memories
Panzer Captain and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross who was on the intelligence staff of the Sixth Army during the Stalingrad encirclement
Rocket Scientest on Werhner von Braun's Team at Fort Bliss Texas, 1946/Operation Paperclip was code name for 1945 Office of Strategic Services, Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency recruitment of German scientists from Nazi Germany to US after VE Day
French lawyer, teacher, and author, born 1924. Served as a legal secretary to the French judge during the Nuremberg Trials. Later worked for the UN and the World Health Organization
Diego Fernando Murillo Bejarano (born 23 February 1961), also known as Don Berna or Adolfo Paz, is a former leader of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia paramilitary group, as well as the leader of The Office of Envigado cartel
WWII: Esther was one of the last survivors of the Auschwitz concentration camp. She survived because she was a player in the Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz
Korean War: One of the 'Non-Repatriated 23' who didn't return to the US after the end of the Korean War. Native of Belgium, returned to Antwerp after the war
Iran Hostage Crisis Survivor (Fifty-two American diplomats and citizens were held hostage for 444 days (November 4, 1979, to January 20, 1981) Vice consul
Born 1916.Last living female 'Monuments Men' of the 2nd wave of Monuments Men which began their work after the war had ended. She is related to writer Virginia Woolf
Retired engine driver and fireman who drove all six of the iconic British locomotives;
The Mallard, Dominion of Canada, Dwight D Eisenhower, Union of South Africa, Sir Nigel Gresly and Bittern. Born: 1923. He is now 93 and lives in the UK
Served in the Navy during WWII in the Pacific Theater and was aboard the USS Lexington in May, 1942, when it was torpedoed during the Battle of Coral Sea
Liborio Salvatore 'Barney' Bellomo (born January 8, 1957) is a high ranking caporegime (captain) and street boss of the Genovese crime family in New York City. Bellomo is one of the fastest rising Mafia members in the United States today, becoming a capta
(Born 1923) US Navy WW2 Veteran. Personal friend of JFK during his time in the Navy. Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor (1963-1965) and Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1975-1987)
Historian/biographer. Taught at Yale University. Two Pulitzer Prize's John Quincy Adams and the Foundations of American Foreign Policy (1949) won the Pulitzer Prize for its sequel, John Quincy Adams and the Union (1956)
Grammy award-winning violinist & UN Goodwill Ambassador. Style is a fusion of classical, Hip-Hop, soul & dance. Collaborated with Kanye West, Jay Z, Alicia Keys, Britney Spears, Maroon 5, Patti Labelle, Janet Jackson, and John Legend
Concert pianist and professor of music. She is a professor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in the United Kingdom where she has taught the piano and the Alexander technique since 1975. Ben-Or is a Holocaust survivor
(born January 3, 1943), He served as an assistant U.S. attorney from 1968 to 1973, including the turbulent period of the Watergate scandal. Mr. Ben-Veniste was a leading figure in the prosecution of this scandal. He served as chief of the Watergate Task F
WWII WAVES female vet, born 1923. Top Secret Ultra clearance, gathered info from/prepared reports for upper command of decoded German messages. Learned of D-Day from a just-decoded msg from Germany's Donitz, saying they'd just been invaded
US WWII Army Air Corps B-29 gunner (1925-2023). Flew over Nagasaki hours after the bombing as part of an Army photo mission. Flew in the Japanese Surrender Ceremony Flyover weeks later