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When we sit down at the dinner table, we don’t really think about who designed the tableware – the plates, bowls and serving pieces. Chances are you purchased the table settings you use today based primarily on size, color and pattern. But as with every piece of decor in the home, a designer or group [...]
While his name might not be on the tip of every comic book reader’s tongue, the work of Carmine Infantino is both recognizable and vast. As a penciller, inker, creator and editor, he was a driving force in the Silver Age of Comics (mid-50s to early-70s), and is consider a true legend. Born in Brooklyn, [...]
Remember Little League? I sure do. Played six seasons before turning fourteen and focusing on hockey, the game for which I’d developed an all-encompassing passion. And, I remember my first baseball bat. A Louisville Slugger. Pure wood. Junior size. I remember proudly carrying that bat—my own bat—to every little league game I played until I [...]
On January 11, 1935, Amelia Earhart was the first to fly a solo transoceanic flight from Honolulu, Hawaii to Oakland, California. Many others had attempted the route, most notably pilots who participated in the Dole Air Race in 1927. Also known as the Dole Derby, the air race route ran from northern California to Hawaii. [...]
More often than not, the actions for which people are most well-known are but a glimpse into their real accomplishments. Such is the case with Joseph William Kittinger II, the man who broke the speed of sound during a skydive. Born on July 27, 1928, Kittinger raced speedboats during his teens and entered the USAF [...]
