Historical Publication
Excerpt: An illegitimate mestizo cattle driver, Juan Vicente Gomez, became one of three great authoritarian rulers of Venezuela (president, 1908 - 1910, 1911 - 1914, 1915 - 1922, 1923 - 1929, 193 - 1935), achieving political stability with the creation of a professional army.
Description: Part of a CIHM set. For individual microfiches in this set see CIHM microfiche nos. 35467-35470
Excerpt: ? Was born in Kealakekua, Kona, Hawaii, on June 24, 1946. He was the first Japanese American astronaut.
Description: Part of a CIHM set. For individual microfiches in this set see CIHM microfiche nos. 35471-35473
Excerpt: Della H. Raney was born in Suffolk, Virginia, on January 10, 1912. A graduate of the Lincoln Hospital School of Nursing in Durham, North Carolina, Raney was the first African - American nurse commissioned a lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corps during World War II. Her first tour of duty was at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. As a lieutenant serving at Tuskegee Army Airfield in Alabama, she was appointed Chief Nurse, Army Nurse Corps in 1942, the first African American...
Excerpt: DEOMI 2000 Calendar Cover Images: The images on the cover of the year 2000 DEOMI calendar are meant to capture the theme of the calendar, which is a celebration of diversity and multiculturalism in the uniformed services. These images from left to right and top to bottom are: U.S. Navy Chaplain Thomas W. Falkenthal gives communion to a Marine during a Catholic mass held in the snow at Silver Creek, Calif., on Feb. 2, 1997. Marines from the 2nd Marine Regiment an...
Description: Signed: Charles Bosanquet