I am very saddened to learn of the passing of Neil Armstrong today. Neil and I trained together as technical…
Year: 2012
Eastman Kodak
Kodak to sell film business By Aaron Smith @CNNMoneyAugust 24, 2012: 2:25 PM ET Eastman Kodak is selling off its…
Information Innovation in History
“But this is not another rant against email. Email is magic. It enables abundant, free communication. Consider how far we…
The Inventor of the Telephone
1870 May 28 Older brother Melville Bell dies of tuberculosis at the age of 25. July-August Alexander Graham Bell, his…
History of Vampires
Medveđa, Serbia. Jan. 1732 — The Carpathian mountains loomed ominously to the east, as if nature herself was conspiring with…
First African-American Grand Master Of Chess
There are only about a thousand grand masters of chess in the world and only one of them is African-American:…
Arthur Ashe
Arthur Ashe biography Synopsis Born on July 10,1943, in Richmond, Virginia, Arthur Ashe became the first, and still only, black…
Macon Bolling Allen
Allen was born in Indiana in 1816. After beginning his career as a school teacher, he moved to Portland, Maine…
African-American Achievements
Fact #1 Soccer phenom Freddy Adu was the youngest athlete to play in a professional American sports league. Fact #2…
Tallest Buildings in the World
The race is always on. Within the span of just two years, the world’s tallest building was built three times…
