Katherine
COLEMAN
(b.
26 August 1918
,
While Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, USA
d.
24 February 2020
,
Newport News, Virginia, USA
)
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Katherine COLEMAN was born 26 August 1918 in While Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, USA
Katherine COLEMAN was the child of Joshua Mckinley COLEMAN and Joylette Roberta LOWEKatherine COLEMAN died 24 February 2020 in Newport News, Virginia, USA.
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1918 Birth 26 August 1918
While Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, USA
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Katherine Johnson was a trailblazing American mathematician whose calculations played a crucial role in the early days of NASA's space program. Born on August 26, 1918, in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, Katherine grew up with a keen interest in mathematics from an early age. However, growing up in a time of racial segregation and limited opportunities for African Americans, she faced numerous challenges in pursuing her education and career.
Katherine's academic prowess was evident early on, and she graduated summa cum laude with degrees in Mathematics and French from West Virginia University in 1937. Despite her academic achievements, finding work as a black woman in a racially segregated society was no easy task. She began her career as a teacher but soon transitioned to aeronautics when she was selected to be one of the first African American students to integrate West Virginia University's graduate school in 1939.
In 1953, Katherine Johnson joined the National Advisory ...Read MORE...
Katherine Johnson was a trailblazing American mathematician whose calculations played a crucial role in the early days of NASA's space program. Born on August 26, 1918, in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, Katherine grew up with a keen interest in mathematics from an early age. However, growing up in a time of racial segregation and limited opportunities for African Americans, she faced numerous challenges in pursuing her education and career.
Katherine's academic prowess was evident early on, and she graduated summa cum laude with degrees in Mathematics and French from West Virginia University in 1937. Despite her academic achievements, finding work as a black woman in a racially segregated society was no easy task. She began her career as a teacher but soon transitioned to aeronautics when she was selected to be one of the first African American students to integrate West Virginia University's graduate school in 1939.
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1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)
1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)1935 - August 14 – United States President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law 1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA The microwave oven was invented accidentally in 1945 by Percy Spencer, a Raytheon engineer. While testing a magnetron, he noticed microwaves melted a candy bar in his pocket. Experimenting further, he discovered microwaves could cook food quickly. Raytheon patented the process, and by 1947, they built the first commercial microwave oven, called the 'Radarange.' Initially used in commercial settings, microwaves becomes affordable for home use by the 1960s and 1970s, revolutionizing cooking.1962 - The Cuban Missile Crisis was a tense 13-day standoff in October 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union over the installation of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles from the U.S. coast. The crisis is considered the closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war. It began when American spy planes discovered the missiles, leading to a U.S. naval blockade of Cuba and intense negotiations. The crisis ended when Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev agreed to remove the missiles in exchange for the U.S. promising not to invade Cuba and secretly agreeing to remove American missiles from Turkey.1963 - I Have a Dream Speech - Martin Luther King's Address at March on Washington August 28, 1963.June 17, 1972 – August 9, 1974 - Watergate Scandal began with the break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., in 1972. Members of President Richard Nixon's administration attempted to cover up their involvement. The scandal led to the discovery of multiple abuses of power by the Nixon administration, the resignation of President Nixon in 1974, and the indictment of several administration officials.1973 - January 22 - Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 and Doe v. Bolton, 410 U.S. 179: The U.S. Supreme Court declares that the Constitution protects women’s right to terminate an early pregnancy, thus making abortion legal in the U.S.1973 - March 29 - The last United States soldier leaves Vietnam The cell phone was invented by Martin Cooper of Motorola. On April 3, 1973, he made the first handheld mobile phone call with the Motorola DynaTAC. This device weighed 2.5 pounds and was 10 inches long, offering 30 minutes of talk time and requiring 10 hours to charge. The first commercial cell phone was released in 1983, revolutionizing communication and leading to the modern smartphones we use today.
1974 - Gerald R. Ford becomes President of the United States after the resignation of Richard Nixon.1981 - June 5 - First reported case of AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)1986 - January 28 - Space Shuttle Challenger accident - The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred on January 28, 1986, when the shuttle broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members. 1989 - The World Wide Web is invented at CERN (Tim Berners-Lee, UK)2001 - September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Coordinated terrorist attacks by the extremist group al-Qaeda on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, leading to significant changes in U.S. domestic and foreign policy, including the War on Terror.
2020 Death 24 February 2020
Newport News, Virginia, USA
She died at the age of 101.
Added: 11/29/2023 12:09:45 AM
- Updated: 8/26/2025 4:00:25 PM
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