Mary W. Jackson, the first African American female engineer at NASA, began her career with the agency in the segregated West Area Computing Unit of NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. The mathematician and aerospace engineer went on to lead programs influencing the hiring and promotion of women in>>>
Donald Trump returned to the place where symbolically it all began – his wall with Mexico – to deliver what is likely to be the final public speech of his presidency. He raged against free speech, impeachment and the 25th amendment. And ominously, he warned the move to oust him>>>
It began with the President rallying his supporters to march on the Capitol. They did exactly that, but went much further – ransacking offices and parading on the Senate floor. Sky’s defence and security correspondent Alistair Bunkall looks back at how the riot at the Capitol unfolded. SUBSCRIBE to our>>>
The sea is where life on earth began. And for man, himself a product of the sea, the journey to explore and better understand this primordial world is in many ways a journey of self discovery. With waterborne craft being the oldest vehicle known to history, the sea has driven>>>
Jane Leeves began her career with a small role on The Benny Hill Show, but it wouldn’t be long before her beauty and talent launched her to bigger roles in hit shows like Frasier and Hot in Cleveland. 00:00 – Intro 0:49 – 1983 – The Benny Hill Show and>>>
In the summer of 1926, famous escapologist Harry Houdini began to suffer from mysterious stomach ailments. Was it food poisoning as he claimed, appendicitis, or something more sinister? From the Series: The Curious Life and Death Of https://bitly.com/2ZnGkvm Subscribe to The Smithsonian Channel: https://bit.ly/2FE6OSh Twitter: https://bit.ly/33lH712 Instagram: https://bit.ly/3iw9Iay Facebook: https://bit.ly/3kkVOZp>>>
After gaining his law degree from Syracuse University, Biden began practicing with a law firm in Wilmington, Delaware. However, since he was always inclined towards politics, he joined the Democratic Party on the side and became one of its most active members. In 1970, Biden was elected to the New>>>
It all began in 1914 after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and soon the world was plunged into a grizzly conflict that would see much of Europe as it’s bloody battlegrounds until stability was finally achieved in 1918 with an armistice. Both the Allies and Central Powers had run>>>
The Dad Gang began in 2016 as an Instagram account designed to put positive images of Black fatherhood out into the world. Today, the Dad Gang is an entire social community made up of Black dads who support and celebrate each other. The Dad Gang reminds us to love, cherish>>>
In 1985, an American FBI agent began to sell intelligence to the Russians, under the alias of Ramon Garcia. It would be another 16 years before he was finally arrested by the FBI. From the Series: Spy Wars with Damian Lewis: A Perfect Traitor https://bit.ly/3bqZhB6 Original Author: Produced by Smithsonian Channel>>>