EditorialFrom left, the Yankees’ Hector Lopez, Marv Throneberry, Hank Bauer, Bobby Richardson and Tony Kubek in the dugout on Sept. 6, 1959 during a game against the visiting Baltimore Orioles. (Ernie Sisto/The New York Times)
EditorialFirst manned flight in a hydrogen gas balloon by Professor Jacques Charles and the Robert brothers, Anne-Jean and Nicolas-Louis, from the Tuileries, December 1783. Woodblock engraving from Louis Figuier's "Les Merveilles de la Science: Aerostats" (Marv...
EditorialFirst manned flight in a hydrogen gas balloon by Professor Jacques Charles and the Robert brothers, Anne-Jean and Nicolas-Louis, from the Tuileries, December 1783. Woodblock engraving from Louis Figuier's "Les Merveilles de la Science: Aerostats" (Marv...