Sally Ride
American physicist
Sally Kristen Ride was an American physicist and astronaut. Born in Los Angeles, she joined NASA in 1978 and became the first American woman in space in 1983. Wikipedia
Born: 26 May 1951, Encino, Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: 23 July 2012, La Jolla, California, United States
Space missions: STS-7, STS-41-G
Cause of death: Pancreatic cancer
Education: Stanford University (1978), Stanford University (1975),
G'day Sheba. Sorry not him. The Medal is the Victoria Cross. He was the ? of Australia from 1961 to 1965. He was the last of these appointed and the last to wear ?
That should really give him away.
Cheers.
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Jack Cherie and the memory of the four legged kids.
G'day. I will name him to allow the game to go on.
someone else post a picture please.
he was
William Philip Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle, VC, KG, GCMG, GCVO, KStJ, PC (23 May 1909 5 April 1991), known as The Lord De L'Isle and Dudley between 1945 and 1956, was a politician, British Army officer, and Victoria Cross recipient who served as the 15thGovernor-General of Australia, in office from 1961 to 1965. He was the last non-Australian to hold the position.Lord De L'Isle became governor-general in 1961 on the recommendation of Robert Menzies, the Prime Minister of Australia. He served for just under four years with little controversy; as well as being the last foreign governor-general, he was also the last to wear the traditional viceregal uniform.
Cheers.
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Jack Cherie and the memory of the four legged kids.
Hi Sheba it was hard to find a decent pic of him just one with the other bloke. I remember him as a kid broadcasting from his sick bed as he was dying of cancer
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To err is human but to really mess things up, you need a computer.
Ok, I'll take the easy one. One on the left is Bob Dyer and on the right, Jack Davey. Both great entertainers. Listened to them both on the radio as a kid..
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Retired Airline Pilot and Electrician..
I'm not old, I've just been young a long time....Ken
Since light travels faster than sound, some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
Audie Leon Murphy was one of the most decorated American combat soldiers of World War II, receiving every military combat award for valor available from the U.S. Army, as well as French and Belgian awards for heroism.
Audie Leon Murphy (20 June 1925 28 May 1971) was one of the most decorated Americancombat soldiers of World War II, receiving every military combat award for valor available from the U.S. Army, as well as French and Belgian awards for heroism. Murphy received the Medal of Honor for valor demonstrated at the age of 19 for single-handedly holding off an entire company of German soldiers for an hour at the Colmar Pocket in France in January 1945, then leading a successful counterattack while wounded and out of ammunition.
Murphy was born into a large sharecropper family in Hunt County, Texas. His father abandoned them, and his mother died when he was a teenager. Murphy left school in fifth grade to pick cotton and find other work to help support his family; his skill with a hunting rifle was a necessity for putting food on the table.
After the war, Murphy enjoyed a 21-year acting career. He played himself in the 1955 autobiographical film To Hell and Back, based on his 1949 memoirs of the same name, but most of his roles were in westerns. He made guest appearances on celebrity television shows and starred in the series Whispering Smith. Murphy was a fairly accomplished songwriter, and bred quarter horses in California and Arizona, becoming a regular participant in horse racing.
Suffering from what would today be termed posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), he slept with a loaded handgun under his pillow and looked for solace in addictive sleeping pills. In his last few years, he was plagued by money problems, but refused offers to appear in alcohol and cigarette commercials because he did not want to set a bad example. Murphy died in a plane crash in Virginia in 1971 shortly before his 46th birthday, and was interred with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery.
Thanks, Sheba The mouth and chin gave him away, I hope that I spelled his name correctly From memory he was a carpenter on a film set, he claimed that he could act better than the actors, so they invited him to try it I think that it was the part of Hans Solo, in Star Wars, which made him famous
This Lady below should go fast, but players of this game may have to google, to get her correct name
She was the first female from her country, to reach a great height, and her -----suit, should give another clue
Plus half a point to Leo, as he gave the tip of, the flag of her country
Liu Yang is a Chinese pilot and astronaut who served as a crew member on the space mission Shenzhou 9.
On 16 June 2012, Liu became the first Chinese woman in space.
Born: 6 October 1978 (age 39), China
Space missions: Shenzhou 9
Time in space: 13 days 0 hours
Selection: Chinese Group 2
Previous occupation: PLAAF transport pilot