In 1963, a pair of Converse All-Stars, also known as Chuck Taylor All-Stars, cost $3.99. The shoes were originally released in 1917 and were endorsed by basketball player Charles "Chuck" Taylor in the 1920s. They quickly became popular among basketball players and other athletes, and eventually became a popular casual shoe. The price of Chuck Taylors has increased significantly over the years, but they remain a relatively affordable shoe compared to other brands of sneakers.
Lucy Eldine Gonzalez Parsons (1853 – 1942) was an American anarchist activist. A talented speaker, she also left articles and pamphlets denouncing racism and the living conditions of the workers, as well as a biography of her husband, executed in the case of the Haymarket Square bombing. The birth
Marie Curie , born Maria Salomea Skłodowska (1867 – 1934) was a French physicist and chemist of Polish origin. She is the only woman to have received two Nobel Prizes and the only one to have been awarded in two different scientific fields. Scientific studies in Paris The last of a family of 5 ch
US civil rights activist Annie Lee Wilkerson Cooper (1910 – 2010) is committed to the right to vote for African Americans. She was particularly noted for throwing a punch at the sheriff of Dallas County (Alabama). Racial segregation Annie Lee Wilkerson was born on June 2, 1910 in Selma (Alabama,
Stephanie Louise Kwolek (1923 – 2014) was an American scientist, known for inventing Kevlar. A chemist, she has been rewarded several times for her work in polymer chemistry. A passion for science Daughter of Nellie Zajdel Kwolek and John Kwolek, Polish immigrants, Stephanie Louise Kwolek was born