In 1969, Joel Rosenman and his partners met to brainstorm what would become Woodstock.
Wavy Gravy named himself the “Please Chief” of the Hog Farm’s “Please Force." He was in charge of Woodstock festival security.
Five weeks before the festival, Max Yasgur, a dairy farmer agreed to host Woodstock on his property.
Michael Collins piloted the command module nicknamed the Columbia, while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon.
Wernher Von Braun was a German-born, American rocket engineer.
Frances “Poppy” Northcutt was the first female engineer to work in NASA’s Mission Control.
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Scott Carpenter was both a NASA astronaut and an aquanaut with the U.S. Navy.
The surprisingly violent history of women's hats — and the women who set a new, humane trend in fashion.
An American doctor and Navy officer, Captain George Bond spearheaded U.S. Navy's Sealab I, II and III.
The Okeechobee Hurricane claimed one of the highest death tolls of any natural disasters in American history.
