An employee of the Dallas Morning News , she and three of her co-workers stood ' in the grassy knoll area ' on Nov. 22 , '63 , and said that shots came from behind them and to the right , from direction of wooden fence
Italian politician of Communist Party, 1st President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies for three consecutive legislatures from 1979 to 1992/In resistance movement against Nazi German invaders during WW2
WWII: Ground crew (mechanic, nose art painter) of the 349th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group, 8th AF ('The Bloody Hundredth') who painted the Nose Art of many B-17s of the 349th
JFK - The famous 'Doorway Man'; he is the man in the Altgens photograph, standing in the doorway of the Texas Schoolbook Depository, watching the Kennedy motorcade on 22 November 1963 in Dallas
NASA research pilot, flies the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), a modified Boeing 747SP with the world's largest airborne astronomical observatory, and the Gulfstream III (G-III) mission support aircraft
Col. Lukas, 'Tuskegee Airmen', graduated at what is now Tuskegee University, Alabama. First African American woman in the Air Force to be promoted to the rank of colonel.Wiki:
Scientist Emeritus at the Astrogeology Science Center at the USGS and one of the first women in the field of Astrogeology. She was one of the people responsible for making lunar maps for the Apollo 11 mission
Flew the B-52 mothership for the X-1 flight. (The 'Mothership' is the aircraft from which the X-1 aircraft & Test Pilot is launched from) also commanded the t-34, t-37, t-33, b-57, t-38, f-104, kc-135, t-39, a-26, a-1, ec-137, c-5
WWII: 350th/351st Bomb Sq, 100th BG, 8th AF. B-17 (co-)pilot, mostly on B-17s 'Sunny' (#42-30089) and 'Sunny II' (#42-30796). Survivor of Bremen raid (Oct. 8, 1943; only 6 of 18 came back, earning him his nickname 'Lucky'). D-Day missions
WWII: 282d Engineer Combat Battalion, XII Corps. Arrived in Europe after D-Day, his job was to get the combat troops across the many rivers encountered during the advance across Europe, by building Pontoon Bridges, etc., Purple Heart
American paleontologist and Sterling Professor at Yale University who is largely remembered now for championing a Pre-NeoDarwinian Synthesis view of evolution
WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor. Served on the USS Monaghan which sank a Japanese mini-submarine on Dec. 7, 1941. Later, Battle of the Coreal Sea, Battle of Midway
(born 22 April 1916) is a French centenarian who was a member of the French Resistance during the Second World War. She provided the inspiration for the character of 'Mademoiselle Lise Lundi' in Tony Gatlif's 2009 film, Korkoro
Michigan State Professor leads a team created this thing called a transparent luminescent solar concentrator (TLSC), which employs organic salts to absorb wavelengths of light that are already invisible to the human eye/Solar Collector
WWII: Technician fifth grade, headquarters company, 473rd Infantry, 5th Army; fought in North Africa and Italy; met General Patton, later as a medic met, shook hands with Charles De Gaulle
Grumman test engineer, born 1939. Worked on the Apollo program for Grumman in the 1960s, writing test and evaluation procedures for the Lunar Module systems
WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941. USS Tennessee. Served on this ship until war's end, incl. Aleutian Campaign, Tarawa, Kwajalein, Eniwetok, Guam, Tinian, Surigao Straight, Iwo Jima, Okinawa
US Navy vet, born 1940. Served on the USS Donner during its recovery mission of Ham the Chimp in 1961 prior to launching the first US man in space months later
WWII: ETO. D-Day, Battle of the Bulge, Liberation of Paris. 4th Combat Camera Unit. Filmed the war, his work seen in strategic planning films, newsreels and later in movies and TV. His paymaster was Ronald Reagan
JFK; US Army Corps Colonel that created and engineered the eternal flame that adorns the graveside of President John F. Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetary
Daughter of Frances Griffiths. Francis Griffiths and Elsie Wright where two young cousins who lived in Cottingley, near Bradford in England in 1917 who took a series of five photographs showing 'The Cottingley Fairies'
Writer best known for his books about parapsychology (Born: 1935) He also investigated the Enfield Poltergeist, as recorded in This House is Haunted (1980). He also collaborated with Uri Geller on The Geller Effect (1986)
Chief of staff at the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic's National Academy of Sciences and 'The secret hero of Chernobyl' who saved thousands of lives stopping radioactive waste seeping into rivers. He is now 69 and lives in Russia
American virologist. Along with Michael Houghton and Harvey J. Alter, he was awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 'for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus'
United States Army officer and a recipient of the United States military's highest decorationâ-'the Medal of Honorâ-'for his actions during the Battle of Hurtgen Fo
First officer of the French Navy and joined on 16 August 1927 to the Compagnie Generale Aeropostale , a French airmail company, from which, after the nationalization in 1933, Air France emerged. He participated in the first postal service
Spanish Civil War veteran (Born: 1920) Second Spanish Republic. Mobilized in 1936. Secretary general of JSU of Alcala in Peguerinos's zone in 1936. Affiliated to Communist Party of Spain. Age: 96. Lives in Spain
American aeronautical engineer & founder of AeroVironment & designer of human-powered aircraft that won the first Kremer prize. He devoted his life to developing more efficient transportation vehicles that could 'Do more wit
One of the last five known survivors of The Halifax Explosion, that occurred on December 06, 1917. She is now 101 years old and lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Irish-American activist against crime and violence and author of his memoir, All Souls: A Family Story From Southie. He helped to start Boston's gun-buyback program, and founded the South Boston Vigil group
Native American politician and the only four term Chairman of the Navajo Tribe. MacDonald was born in Arizona, U.S. and served the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II as a Navajo Code Talker - 1 of only 3 remaining (as of 2022)
WWII: CBI. Sergeant Major in the Royal Rifles of Canada who defended Hong Kong in December 1941. After the surrender, he was a POW until the end of the war
WWII:PTO. Served as a rifleman in the legendary K/3/5 (Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division) in the Battles of Peleliu and Okinawa with E.B. Sledge (HBO's The Pacific)
Lt. General, Retired, United States Army 1981-2018
Deputy Commander, TRADOC
III Corps
1st Armored Division
1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division
2nd Battalion, 63rd Armor Regiment
Gulf War
Iraq War
Battle of Ramadi
War in Afghanistan
British historian, director of the British Museum 2002-, Director of the National Gallery London 1987-2002, Editor of the Burlington Magazine 1981-1987
1 of 3 People who in 2006 went on expedition to the river Nile to find its Source (where it really starts) and found it and becouse of this the river Nile became the longest river in the world
WWII: PTO. US WWII veteran, born 1923. Served in the Navy on the USS Gillespie, supporting the invasions of Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Peleliu, Buna, New Hollandia, Biak, Rabaul, Battle of Leyte Gulf
American psychiatrist, parapsychologist, writer, & professor at Harvard Medical School. He was a Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer, a leading researcher and writer on alien abduction experiences
WWII: CBI. Of HQ Company, 1st Battalion, Royal Rifles of Canada, who defended Hong Kong in December 1941. After the surrender, he was a POW until the end of the war
Scottish-born chemist and the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry at Princeton University. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 2021
One of the few surviving witnesses of Mahatma Gandhi's assassination in New Delhi, India in 1948. He was only 24 years old at the time, when he was a witness to the assassination. He is now 87 and lives in New Delhi
Author/military interrogator who orchestrated & participated in a Delta Force team's raid of a fish pond in Iraq he hoped would turn up something that might lead the team to Saddam Hussein & did
American architect, born 1923. WII veteran, serving as a 'Buffalo Soldier' in the segregated US Army 92nd Infantry Division. Purple Heart for combat wounds in Italy, December 26, 1944
German lawyer & advocate radical ideals. Was extreme-left militant, Founder of Red Army Faction (RAF). Became Maoist & shifted to extreme-right. Convicted of Volksverhetzung incitement of popular hatred & Holocaust denial serving 12-year prison sentence
Author of 9 books, including 6 on the Civil War. His research has brought to Civil War enthusiasts original accounts, letters and diaries of Union soldiers who were present at Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Chancellorsville, etc
WWII: 2 years in the CCC. Pearl Harbor survivor, USS Helena (CL-50). Battle of Cape Esperance, Night Battle of Guadalcanal. Survivor of the sinking of the USS Helena in the Battle of Kula Gulf, July 1943. Later served on the USS Munsee
Moroccan WWII Veteran, enlisted in the French Army.He became a stretcher-bearer and was transferred to Algeria. In November 1943 his medical battalion sailed to Naples
Former licensed practical nurse, and serial killer from Clinton, Indiana who was convicted of murdering his patients. Though he was only tried for six murders, he is believed to have committed as many as 130 between 1993 and 1995
WWII: ETO. 322nd Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group ('The Ragged Irregulars'). Radio Operator on B-17 'Chief Sly's Son (B-17G #42-31076). Shot down 1 January 1944 on return from mission to Oschersleben. POW for 15 months
In 1982, he was chosen to train for spaceflight in the Soviet Union's Intercosmos program. Malhotra served as backup for Rakesh Sharma on the Soyuz T-11 mission which launched the first Indian into space, but never went to space himself
British-Australian astronomer and photographer, who has conquered the depths of cosmos with stunning photography taken from the Anglo-Australian Telescope in Australia
The fourth oldest person in the UK (Born: 1906) Recently celebrated her 111th birthday. Also one of the last surviving witnesses of Germany's Zeppelin raids in the UK, from 1914-1918. Lives in King's Lynn, Norfolk, UK
Polish-born Israeli secret agent and member of the Mossad intelligence agency. He was part of the team that captured Adolf Eichmann in Argentina in 1960 and brought him to Israel to stand trial. Author, painter, playwright
* 1933 in Karlsruhe, German electrical engineer who in the 1960s developed a trackball control similar to the later computer mouse at Telefunken. Douglas Engelbart is usually considered the inventor of the mouse
American theoretical physicist, academic, and author. He has taught physics at the University of Connecticut since 1975. He is best known for his scientific position on the possibility of time travel
Test pilot, flew YF-12, XB-70, M2 Lifting Body, F8, F9, F-86, Pilot NASA Dryden Flight Research Center 63-81.Later became deputy chief Dryden Aircraft Operations Div/1st joined NASA's predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics in 1957
Navy seal, born 1945, one of the four frogmen to help recover the Apollo 11 crew and their returned capsule. The strongest swimmer, he swam with an equipment bag for the collected moon rocks to be taken out in
Vietnam/Fall of Saigon/US Marine/Personal Protective Security Unit (PPSU), the bodyguard for Ambassador Martin/beaten, bewildered & dazed when lifted from the roof of the American Embassy in a CH-46 Helicopter
WWII - 388 Fighter Squadron, 365th Fighter Group, 9th Air Force. Flew strafing and bombing cross-channel missions on D-Day over Utah Beach. Shot down June 18, avoided the Germans, 'escaped' the British. 2 victories
Grand daughter of Georges Méliès who was a French filmmaker famous for many innovative special effects in early cinema. His grand daughter is now 88 and lives in France
Japanese-American meteorologist and climatologist who pioneered the use of computers to simulate global climate change and natural climate variations. He was awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics
A lobbyist and political consultant. He was an adviser to the presidential campaigns of Republicans Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Bob Dole, and was a national chairman of the presidential campaign of Donald Trump
Centenarian (1900-2001). One of the last Australian WWI veterans. Fought in many battles. Gassed, leaving him deaf and blind for weeks, later wounded by shrapnel
Italian born US WWII veteran and centenarian, born 1912. Through Ellis Island in 1919. Started working as a barber in the early 1920's, still a working barber at the age of 108
Michael Mancuso (born 1955), is an American mobster. He is a member of the American Mafia (Cosa Nostra) and the boss of the Bonanno crime family, one of Five Families in New York City
WWII: ETO. Served with the 761st Tank Battalion (5th Tank Group), aka 'Black Panthers', the first black armored unit to enter combat on Nov. 8, 1944, fighting in France, Luxemburg, Belgium, Holland, Germany and Austria
WWII Veteran, 101st Airborne Division. D - Day, Carentan, Bastogne, Market Garden. In Famous photo of Eisenhower talking to paratroopers before D - Day
WWII: D-Day (one of only 5 men of his stick to survive the D-Day jump), Operation Market Garden. Battle of the Bulge, Bastogne. RHQ - Demolition, 501st PIR, 101st Airborne. 5 Purple Hearts, 2 Bronze Stars
British mercenary and former British Army officer, who participated in the failed coup d'etat in 2004 in Equatorial Guinea, was released from prison Nov. 2009 and is living in England again
Former English cricketer and naval officer (Born: 1914) He was born in Exeter, Devon, the son of Sir Errol Manners KBE, who was an admiral and an author on theology
Former US soldier, formerly known as Bradley Manning. He/She was in prison for betraying the country and giving Top Secret classified info to WikiLeaks
Italian-American mobster from Providence, Rhode Island. He is the former boss of the New England-based Patriarca crime family, which is part of La Cosa Nostra
Is a retired Air Force General. Fought in World War 2 as a P-47 Fighter PilGeneral Manor is perhaps best known as task force commander of Operation Ivory Coast, a special forces raid on the prisoner of war camp at Son Tay, Vietnam on November 21, 1970. Bo
Author/'Cruisers for Breakfast : War Patrols of U. S. S. Darter and U. S. S. Dace'/WWII. He piloted landing craft that picked up US Marines off the islands of Iwo Jima and Guadalcanal
Research into assassination of JFK, included studies of Kennedy autopsy Xrays & Zapruder Film. In 1993 Mantik disclosed after autopsy X-rays had been altered & there were 2 shots which struck the head, & that the magic bullet is anatomically impossible
Civil rights activist, born 1925. After her children had been jailed during schoolkid civil rights protests, she felt the need to stand with them. She participated in the Selma march of 1965. She was one of the marchers tear gassed on 'Bloody Sunday', aft
Civil Rights Activist during the Selma campaign. Was jailed as a tenth grader after student protests, and later tear gassed with his family during the Bloody Sunday March in 1965
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
Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist. Author of award-winning books including When Pride Still Mattered about Vince Lombardi, Path Lit by Lightning about Jim Thorpe and Barack Obama: The Story. Father of author Andrew Maraniss
One of the last known survivor;'s of the Armenian Genocide (Born: 1906) He was about nine years old when the genocide began in 1915. He is now 110 and lives in Los Angeles, USA
Whistleblower who realized Bernie Madoff's system couldn't have worked as claimed after he analyzed the reports about the financial gains Madoff obtained for his clients
Warsaw, Poland Holocaust survivor/14 years old at time of Holocaust/Her mother went to German headquarters where they were greeted by SS Officer BrigadefÃ?hrer Johannes SchÃ?fer/posed as non-Jews
Software Engineer - Co-Creator / Developer of the Cryptocurrency Dogecoin. Originally created as a joke and based on the popular Doge Shiba Inu Internet Meme
Female Polish Army WWII vet, born 1926. Sent to Siberia by Soviets weeks after Germany invaded Poland. Released when she was 14, lied about her age to join the Army, Served in Iraq, N. Africa, and then as a truck driver on the Italian front
Polish WWII vet, (1942-48), born 1920. Soviets sent his family to a labor camp, until Stalin granted amnesty to Poles who'd fight for Poland. Fought all over Europe and Africa. Badly burned when his tank was hit, then taught English to Polish troops
Attorney/WWII: PTO. US Fleet Marine (20MM anti - aircraft gunner) on the USS Enterprise; he was the last Marine to join the U.S.S. Enterprise in 1943 when it sailed out of dry dock to the South Pacific and he participated in 12 of naval engagements
Spanish military historian. He wrote more than 35 books about the Great War and WW2. He met several German tank commanders, especially Otto Carius. His most famous book is 'Otto Carius, the hero of the Tiger 217'
WWII - D-Day Seaman 1st Class on Landing Ship Tank LST 281 towing landing craft to Utah Beach on June 6, 1944; later in April 1945 on the same LST-281 fighting off Kamikazes in Battle of Okinawa
Miss America 2024; Miss Colorado 2023. First member of the United States Armed Forces to win Miss America. Marsh is a second lieutenant in the US Air Force
WWII: ETO. Battle of the Bulge. Battle of Cologne. Pushing through to the Elbe River where the division met the Russians. Company A, 36th Armored Infantry Regiment, 3rd Armored Division
US WWII P-47 Fighter pilot, 345th Fighter Squadron, 350th Fighter Group. Flew 97 missions over Africa, Italy. Shot down on his 94th. He was born in 1921. Also flew PT-14 Stearmans, BT-13, AT-6, P-40's. B-25(co - pilot), L-5 Mail Plane in Italy
WWII: Battles of Guam and Iwo Jima. Rifleman in the 3rd Marine Div, 9th Reg, F Co, 2nd Bn. Out of of the 250 men in his company, he was one of three or four who survived - all others were killed
WWII: ETO. Tank Commander in the 106th Cavalry Group. Liberation of King Leopold III of Belgium on 7 May 1945 in Strobl, Austria. Purple Heart. Bronze Star
Wife of former ABC newsman Murphy Martin, Joyce Martin sat in on every day of Jack Ruby trial, taking notes for husband while he conducted interviews outside the courtroom. Knew Jack Ruby's sisters & always sat with them during the trial
Served in 88th 'Cloverleaf' Infantry Division during the war as medical officer fought in the Rome-Arno, North Apennines, and Po Valley campaigns throughout Italy and worked as a doctor at his Battalion Aid Station
(alias Musculito) was a member of the anti-Castro movement in 1960s & later was one of 5 men recruited by G.Gordon Liddy & E. Howard Hunt in 1972 for Memorial Day weekend Watergate Burgleries 1st breakin at Democratic National Committee/DNC headqu
WWII: 101st Airborne Division (Screaming Eagles), 506th PIR, D Company. D-Day, Operation Market Garden, Battle of the Bulge, Berchtesgaden (Eagles' Nest), occupation duty in Austria
Italian supercentenarian Born: 11/29/1899 who is, at the age of 116 years, 0 days, the oldest living person in Italy and Europe, and the oldest living person in the world. Last known living person born in the 1800's. Lives in Verbania, Italy
WWII: ETO/PTO. US Navy Bell Diver/Combat Swimmer/Frogman of Underwater Demolition Team #3 (UDT-3), forefathers of the Navy Seals. He carried 100 lbs of dynamite up the beaches for the Marines to retrieve and use in battle
WWII: ETO. Entered the war just after the Battle of the Bulge. Rhine River Crossing, Dachau Liberation. Company B, 179th Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion, 45th Infantry Division
(Born 1949) US Army Vietnam Veteran. POW from 1970 to 1973. Recipient of a Silver Star, a Legion of Merit, a Distinguished Flying Cross, 3 Bronze Stars, and a Purple Heart
WWII: 23rd Headquarters Special Troops. The Ghost Army used inflatable rubber tanks, wooden guns, sound trucks, and dazzling performance art to bluff the enemy
Master Jewel Thief. Stole from the likes of Phyllis Diller, Robert Goulet, Johnny 'Tarzan' Weissmuller, Truman Capote & others netting him around $35 million dollars. Operated 1960-1990, world-wide
Donald Francis Mason was a U.S. Navy pilot with Patrol Squadron Eight-Two (VP-82), stationed at Argentia, Newfoundland.Responsible for the saying 'Sighted Sub, Sank Same.
Cultural diplomat, editor, radio dance critic and writer for more than 50 years. Furthered the careers of many famous dance figures, notably George Balanchine and Martha Graham. Participated in D-Day while serving in the Navy
WWII: D-Day. UK veteran. Landed (second wave) with the Royal Army Medical Corps at Gold Beach. Also El Alamein, Sicily, a.o. battles in the MTO (Mediterranean Theater of Operations)
Former MLB scout - New York Mets, Boston Red Sox, Milwaukee Brewers, Arizona Diamondbacks. Former NCAA baseball coach - Auburn Montgomery Warhawks. Vietnam War veteran - US Navy
Age 91/Hartford Ringling Brother's Circus Fire/Featured on the front page of the newspaper July 7, 1944 as a young nurse helping with the injured and identifying the deceased
Joseph 'Joey Bang Bang' Massaro is a Lucchese soldier. He was a member of the 'Harlem Crew' and reported to capo Anthony Baratta. During the early 1980s, Massaro extorted Long Island topless bars starting a feud with the Bonanno crime family.
WWII: ETO. Tail Gunner, B-24 Liberator 'B.T.O.' (Big Time Operator, #42-7627). 702nd Bomb Squadron, 445th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force (Dec. 1943 to Dec. 1944). Became a POW in Sweden. DFC
Last survivor of the final Royal Naval vessel to be sunk in WW2. He was a sailor on HMS Vestal, an Algerine-class minesweeper and part of the East Indies Fleet. Vestal was sunk on July 26, 1945. Now age 92 and lives in Newark-on-Trent, UK