Technician Ken Crow attaches a plaque bearing the names and signatures of the Apollo 16 crew to the front leg of the lunar module's descent stage, 10 April 1972

Thomas Edison spoke on the radio for the first time, May 19, 1926

Marian Anderson sings at the Lincoln Memorial, marking a seminal moment in the American civil rights movement, April 9, 1939

John Quincy Adams – 6th President of U.S. – son of John Adams (2nd President). He reportedly had the highest IQ of any American President

Isom Dart is one of those black cowboys whose adventures are often left untold. Born a slave in Arkansas and later freed by the Civil War he rode West

Queen of Iran Farah Pahlavi, amongst the Nomads of Persia

Jesse Owens was the most successful athlete at the 1936 Olympics, a victory more poignant and often noted because Adolf Hitler had intended the 1936 games to showcase his Aryan ideals and prowess

American poet Emily Dickinson. Her poems were published posthumously and received widespread literary praise for their bold and unconventional style

Astronaut Russell Schweickart, Lunar Module pilot, stands in "golden slippers" on the Lunar Module "Spider's" porch during his extravehicular activity, March 6, 1969

Dr. Goebbels is visiting wounded soldiers in a base hospital in Berlin, 1939

Marshal Georgy Zhukov, "father" of the Soviet victory over the Nazi in 1945

Colonel James Stewart receives the Croix de Guerre from the French government for his military service in Europe. He served with the US Army Air Force from 1941 – 1945

Winston Churchill as a Subaltern in the 4th Hussars, February 1895

During his teens, Stephen Hawking, along with several friends, constructed a computer out of recycled parts for solving rudimentary mathematical equations

Murad V is deposed as sultan of the Ottoman Empire, just 93 days after he became sultan, August 31, 1876

Peter Tazelaar, Dutch resistance fighter, original inspiration for James Bond, May 2, 1945

Ed White became the first American astronaut to walk in space. His "walk" lasted 23 minutes and he remained tethered to the space capsule for the duration, June 3, 1965

Ruth Law, bought her first airplane from Orville Wright in 1912 at age 21. First woman to do a loop-de-loop. First woman authorized to wear a uniform by the US Military

Lenin and Stalin in Gorky. Stalin with pockmarks, 1922

From left to right: Nernst, Einstein, Planck, Millikan and von Laue at a dinner given by von Laue in Berlin on November 11, 1931