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    “The stars don’t look bigger, but they do look brighter” (Bio.). Sally Kristen Ride was the first female astronaut in space. She became an astronaut in 1983. It all started from a newspaper article she saw in 1977. January 1977, Sally saw a newspaper ad of the US space program looking for four new astronauts. They were encouraging women to apply so she got excited and sent an application. In January 1978, she received a phone call from NASA, and they said she had gotten the job. She was so happy

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    still influences many artists today. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was made in order to honor rock and roll legends, which started inducting people in 1986. This museum contains memorabilia from famous rockers and many diverse genres of music. The Beach Boys were part of the surf genre in rock and roll. In 1988, the Beach Boys were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Beach Boys were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame because of their many great hits and influences they

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    go into space. Ride was president and CEO of Sally Ride Science, her company which encouraged young girls to pursue science. She died in 2012 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Sally Kristen Ride was born on May 26, 1951, in Los Angeles, California. She was the first child of Dale Burdell Ride, a political science professor at Santa Monica college, and Carol Joyce Ride, a counselor at a women’s correctional facility. Sally had a younger sister, Karen “Bear” Ride. Sally grew up in Encino, a

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    Chittenango, New York and died on February 4, 2016, in Greenville, North California by way of suicide.It is notable that he held the record for most X Games medals in BMX Freestyle. He is known as vert ramp and park rider. Mirra was a member of the team which won the 2014 Race Across America. Dave Mirra was graduated from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona and then he moved to Greenville, North California, to attend East California University. Mirra and his wife Lauren had two daughters. Career:

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    The Sally Kristen Ride

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    her as a person. The science and women’s rights world have both been affected by her. She showed them both that a woman can do just as much as a man. Today, her works are honored by both worlds. On May 26, 1951 Sally was born to the great state of California. Joyce Ride and Dale B. Ride were the two extraordinary people she was born to. Two years later she became a big sister. Karen Ride was Sally’s little sister and called bear. Until the age of nine Sally had a normal life. However, in 1960, her

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    planted the football on a stone in California and decided that only the best quarterback would be able to pull this football out of the stone. They would go down in history as a hall of fame player and would be considered the best quarterback to ever play the game. After the placement of the football, many people, especially quarterbacks, have tested their strength and luck to pull it from the stone. The present day location of the football was just outside of California Memorial Stadium. None of those

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    Sally Ride was an American astronaut, physicist, and educator. She was also the first woman went to the space by the shuttle Challenger. She passed away in 2012, her life did great influence to the American aviation industry. Sally Ride was born in 1951 and grew up in Los Angeles. She went to Stanford University at the age of 19. She was a double major in both Physics and English and received bachelor’s degrees in both subjects. She also study physics and received master’s degree and Ph.D.. In

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    August 22nd, 1917, Tutwiler, Mississippi, John Lee Hooker was born. His father, William Hooker, was a sharecropper and Baptist preacher. He was married to Minnie Ramsey until 1921. Minnie Ramsey remarried to William Moore, a blues singer, in 1922. Moore helped Hooker start his career by giving him an introduction to guitar. Hooker grew up in Tutwiler , Mississippi, United states. As a child him and his 10 siblings were all homeschooled. They were only allowed to listen to religious songs; the songs

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    songwriter whose music innovatively mixed country, rock, blues and gospel influences. No other artist has touched the world of music quite like Johnny Cash did. He is the only person to be inducted into the Country Music Hall Of Fame, The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame and The Songwriter's Hall of Fame. His very name is synonymous with the fight for the rights of the poor and downtrodden and the image of "The Man In Black" is as deeply American as the stars and stripes themselves. Johnny Cash was born on February

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    master’s degree in 1965 ("Head Coach Bill Snyder"). Nineteen sixty-two was when I took my first coaching job at Gallatin High School in Missouri when I was still on college. Indio High School in California was my first coaching job when I wasn't playing at William Jewell. At the University of Southern California I was a graduate assistant; it was my first college job. I got my first head coaching job back at Indio High School ("Head Coach Bill Snyder").

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