21 May, 2024

Ed Dwight, first African American candidate for space travel, takes off 60 years later

 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-21/ed-dwight-americas-first-black-astronaut-candidate-finally-goes/103874616

How wonderful for him to finally get to go into space, he has packed a lot into his life though. A very clever and very talented man. And just a little older than William Shatner. 




Fallout from Ned Kelly's last stand haunted families for generations

  https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-28/bushranger-ned-kelly-glenrowan-siege-145th-anniversary/105442598 Australian history may be short co...