She turned professional in 1983 and is the first Puerto-Rican to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.Fernández won 17 Grand Slam doubles titles and two Olympic gold medals representing the United States, and reached the world No. 1 ranking in women's doubles. She reached ...
using informants and information trading with foreign intelligence organisations (later better known as the National Intelligence Service or NIS); and the South African Communications Security Agency which was linked to the South African Defence
He was preceded in death north Africa and Italy during World War II, during which time he flew 51 missions and received numerous medals and citations including the Purple Heart. Upon his discharge from the military in 1944, Chester returned to his family's farm in Fowler, Calif., where he...
During the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, the African American star athlete won four gold medals and set three world records at the same time Adolf Hitler was hoping to bolster his theory of Aryan racial superiority. This Library of Congress photo shows the athlete competing during the 1936 ...