The spectacular total solar eclipse that swept the United States dominated headlines as it delighted scientists and the public alike in August 2017 (the image of the Moon transiting across the Sun was taken by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft in the extreme ultraviolet spectrum).
Aircraft carrier USS Franklin after being attacked by Japanese aircraft during World War II, March 19, 1945. She was badly damaged with the loss of over 800 crew but stayed afloat becoming the most heavily damaged United States carrier to survive the war.
Ssailors of the USS Mason commissioned at Boston Navy Yard on 20 March 1944 proudly look over their ship which was the first to have predominately African-American crew.