Curated playlist
20th-century American naval officers
- John F. KennedyJohn F. Kennedy spent hours in the water towing a burned crewman after a destroyer cut his boat in half.
- George H. W. BushAfter being shot down in 1944, George H. W. Bush asked why he alone had been spared. Both of his crewmates died.
- Richard NixonRichard Nixon was the only U.S. president to resign. He left office on the 9th of August, 1974, over Watergate.
- Gerald FordGerald Ford is the only person in American history to serve as president without ever winning a national election for president or vice president. He held the office from 1974 to 1977. Both of the jobs that carried him there came to him by…
- Jimmy CarterJimmy Carter once was lowered into a crippled nuclear reactor for 90 seconds at a time. He later ran for president.
- Lyndon B. JohnsonLyndon B. Johnson took the presidential oath from a woman, a first for any American president.
- Alan ShepardAn inner ear disease grounded astronaut Alan Shepard for years before he walked on the Moon.
- Wally SchirraAstronaut Wally Schirra refused Mission Control's request to wear helmets.
- Steve BannonSteve Bannon still earns money every time Seinfeld airs. His bank took a stake in five shows instead of a fee.
- Scott Kelly (astronaut)Scott Kelly, an American astronaut and naval aviator, rode a Soyuz TMA-16M rocket off the pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 3:42 in the afternoon, Eastern time, on the 27th of March 2015. Most space travelers expect to come…
- Grace HopperGrace Hopper hung a clock on her office wall that ran counterclockwise. She wanted code in plain English.