Janet Armstrong and her sons Mark and Rick, watch the launch of Apollo 11 mission to the moon, commanded by her husband, astronaut Neil Armstrong on July 16, 1969 @facethenation
During the first World War, a 16-year-old Walt Disney (pioneer of animated cartoon films) left school and attempted to enlist in the army. He was rejected for being underage, but managed to find employment with the Red Cross as an ambulance driver in 1917.
While overseas, Walt Disney found time to develop his artistic skills. He decorated vehicles with cartoons (visible in the photo). At age 19, when Disney was done working for Red Cross in France, he moved back to Kansas City where his brother Roy got him a job as a newspaper artist at Pesmen-Rubin Art Studio.
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While overseas, Walt Disney found time to develop his artistic skills. He decorated vehicles with cartoons (visible in the photo). At age 19, when Disney was done working for Red Cross in France, he moved back to Kansas City where his brother Roy got him a job as a newspaper artist at Pesmen-Rubin Art Studio.
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Fast-paced and glamorous world of Formula One in the 1960's.
Françoise Madeleine Hardy was born in Paris on January 17, 1944. Hardy remains a popular figure in music and fashion, and is considered an icon of French pop @facethenation
Françoise Madeleine Hardy was born in Paris on January 17, 1944. Hardy remains a popular figure in music and fashion, and is considered an icon of French pop @facethenation
Outgoing German chancellor Angela Merkel receives farewell military honors at "Grosser Zapfenstreich" in Berlin, Germany, December 2, 2021 @facethenation
The "Grosser Zapfenstreich" has become the unofficial farewell ceremony for defense ministers, presidents and chancellors.
The "Grosser Zapfenstreich" has become the unofficial farewell ceremony for defense ministers, presidents and chancellors.
William Harvey Carney was awarded the Medal of Honor 🎖 for heroic actions in battle during the Battle of Fort Wagner in 1864. Though wounded severely twice, he never allowed the Flag 🇺🇸 he was carrying to touch the ground @facethenation
Carney was born a slave in 1840 in Norfolk, Virginia. He was able to escape slavery and made his way to the north settling in Massachusetts. In March 1863 he joined the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War. The first black soldier to earn the Medal of Honor.
Carney was born a slave in 1840 in Norfolk, Virginia. He was able to escape slavery and made his way to the north settling in Massachusetts. In March 1863 he joined the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War. The first black soldier to earn the Medal of Honor.
💡George Cove's third solar panel on September 1909 @facethenation
George Cove, a forgotten solar power pioneer, may have built a highly efficient photovoltaic panel 40 years before Bell Labs engineers invented silicon cells.
In 1909, Technical World Magazine wrote that “such a machine is cheap and indestructible as a kitchen range. Even in its present and somewhat crude and experimental state, given two days of sun, it will store sufficient electrical energy to light an ordinary house for a week. The inventor has proved this now for months in his establishment”.
George Cove did not understand how his solar generator worked, and neither did anyone else at the time. It was only with Einstein’s work on the photoelectric effect (in 1905) and later work in quantum mechanics (1930s and beyond) that the concept of a semiconductor bandgap was realized. 😱
George Cove, a forgotten solar power pioneer, may have built a highly efficient photovoltaic panel 40 years before Bell Labs engineers invented silicon cells.
In 1909, Technical World Magazine wrote that “such a machine is cheap and indestructible as a kitchen range. Even in its present and somewhat crude and experimental state, given two days of sun, it will store sufficient electrical energy to light an ordinary house for a week. The inventor has proved this now for months in his establishment”.
George Cove did not understand how his solar generator worked, and neither did anyone else at the time. It was only with Einstein’s work on the photoelectric effect (in 1905) and later work in quantum mechanics (1930s and beyond) that the concept of a semiconductor bandgap was realized. 😱
“What is created by one human mind can be unraveled by another,” said the young linguist Yuri Knorozov and cracked the Maya code (pre-Columbian Maya civilization of Mesoamerica) in the early 1950s, a task that was considered impossible by the leading scholars of the day @facethenation
The Islamic call to prayer being recited. Picture taken during the First Balkan War (1912-1913), Barata region of Bulgaria @facethenation
🌖🚀🌎 Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders became the first humans to see an Earthrise above the Moon's surface. They captured this iconic image and sent a message to all the people back on Earth, December 24, 1968 @facethenation
53 years ago, three NASA astronauts embarked on a journey that would take them “Round the moon and back”. The Apollo 8 mission proved the performance of the command and service module. This historic mission launched on December 21 to demonstrate a lunar trajectory and was the first manned launch of the Saturn V rocket.
53 years ago, three NASA astronauts embarked on a journey that would take them “Round the moon and back”. The Apollo 8 mission proved the performance of the command and service module. This historic mission launched on December 21 to demonstrate a lunar trajectory and was the first manned launch of the Saturn V rocket.
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