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(Uskings) Top Greatest People in the United States History – P95 – Wallace Hume Carothers (Iowa)

American chemist Wallace Hume Carothers developed nylon, the first synthetic polymer fiber to be produced commercially (in 1938). Nylon became the foundation of the...

(Uskings) Top Greatest People in the United States History – P94 – Jean Bartik (Missouri): Talented “Rose” in the programming industry

Born Betty Jean Jennings in Gentry County, Missouri in 1924, she was the sixth of seven children. In 1945, the United States Army was...

(Uskings) Top Greatest People in the United States History – P93 – Muriel F. Siebert (Ohio) : First Lady of Wall Street

Siebert was born to a Jewish family in Cleveland, Ohio. Siebert began her career working at various brokerages. In 1967, she founded her own...

(Uskings) Top Greatest People in the United States History – P92 – John Dewey (Vermont): The person who defines the philosophy “education is life”

The overriding theme of Dewey's works was his profound belief in democracy, be it in politics, education, or communication and journalism. As Dewey himself...

(Uskings) Top Greatest People in the United States History – P91 – Steven Spielberg (Ohio): “Giant” of American cinema

Spielberg’s success with Duel (1971) and other television movies enabled him to make his feature-film debut. It was the comedy-drama The Sugarland Express (1974)....

(Uskings) Top Greatest People in the United States History – P90 – Elisha Graves Otis (Vermont) : The person who laid the foundation for...

Otis was born on August 3, 1811, in Halifax, Vermont. At age 19, he moved to Troy, New York, and later to Brattleboro, Vermont,...

(Uskings) Top Greatest People in the United States History – P88 – George Eastman (New York) : The man at the top of the...

George Eastman (July 12, 1854 – March 14, 1932) was an American entrepreneur who founded the Eastman Kodak Company and helped to bring the...

(Uskings) Top Greatest People in the United States History – P87 – Maggie Lena Walker (Virginia) : The steel woman in the banking and...

Walker was born to enslaved parents on July 15, 1864 in Richmond, Virginia.When Walker was 14, she joined the Independent Order of St. Luke’s,...

(Uskings) Top Greatest People in the United States History – P86 – Audie Murphy (Texas) : The real “Captain America”

Audie Leon Murphy was born on June 20, 1925, near Kingston, Texas. After his father abandoned them, his mother died when he was a...

(Uskings) Top Greatest People in the United States History – P85 – Nellie Bly (Pennsylvania): The sharp pen of America’s most intrepid female journalist

Elizabeth Jane Cochran was born May 5, 1864, in "Cochran's Mills", now part of Burrell Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. She began her career in...

(Uskings) Top Greatest People in the United States History – P84 – Ottmar Mergenthaler (Maryland) : The man who revolutionized the world of printing

Ottmar Mergenthaler, (born May 11, 1854, Hachtel, Württemberg - died Oct. 28, 1899, Baltimore), was a German-born American inventor who developed the Linotype...

(Uskings) Top Greatest People in the United States history – P84 – Nat Turner (Virginia) : The torch that ignited the desire for freedom...

Nat Turner, (born October 2, 1800, Southampton county, Virginia, U.S.- died November 11, 1831, Jerusalem, Virginia), Black American slave who led the only effective,...

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Kossar’s Bialys (New York): The oldest bialy bakery in the United States

Kossar's Bialys, originally known as Mirsky and Kossar's when Isadore Mirsky and Morris Kossar founded it in 1936, is one of the few remnants...

(Uskings) Top fascinating travel experiences in the United States – P56 – Explore ancient Chinese culture and cuisine in the heart of America with...

On this small-group walking food tour, your Bay Area local guide weaves history and storytelling into a handful of stops that showcase San Francisco's...

Private astronaut sets HALO skydiving record

Private astronaut Larry Connor etched his name into the record books yet again on Thursday morning (Sept. 28). Connor — one of the crewmembers on...