John Peter
Zenger became famous after being arrested
and tried for publishing a series of articles critical of
the Governor of New York in 1733 and 1734. Ultimately
acquitted because the articles he published were based on
truth, his case was the first in American history to
address the principle of freedom of the press.
Mildred
Ella "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias
excelled in basketball, baseball and track before turning
her attention to golf. During the
1946-1947 season, she won seventeen straight tournaments,
a record which has never been equaled by anyone (man or
woman). She went on to become the first major money
winner on the LPGA circuit.