Tag: pioneer

Claudette Colvin, who refused to give up her seat to a white person on a segregated bus in 1955, leading ...

Mulatu AstatkeEthiopian jazz musician Mulatu Astatke, at 82, performed his final concert in London last month, closing a six-decade career. ...

Rocket Lab Shines at Deloitte Top 200 AwardsThe Deloitte Top 200 Awards celebrated New Zealand's corporate achievements with Rocket Lab, ...

Four-time national tennis singles champion Judith Tinnock, a pioneering figure in New Zealand tennis, has passed away at the age ...

Extreme sports icon Felix Baumgartner, known for his record-breaking skydives, tragically died at 56 in a paragliding accident in central ...

Sylvia Gore, a pioneering figure in women's football, scored England's first official goal in 1972 and played a significant role ...

Children’s theatre advocate Tim Bray, QSM, passed away at 61 after battling a rare form of cancer, as announced by ...

Raymond Laflamme, a renowned Canadian physicist and pioneer in quantum information processing, passed away on June 19, his 65th birthday, ...

The USNS Harvey Milk, a Navy vessel named after the prominent gay rights activist and Navy veteran, will be renamed, ...

Khosi Dlomo, a South African teenager and the only black female registered in tent pegging in sub-Saharan Africa, competes in ...