Janet Guthrie

Janet Guthrie is an American race-car driver who in 1977 became the first woman to compete in the Indianapolis 500.  In 1978 she finished ninth, the best placing by a woman until 2005.  She also got a pilot's license at the age of 17.

First African-American MLB manager

Frank Robinson was the first black manager of a major league baseball team, the Cleveland Indians, 1975-77. He played with the Reds, the Orioles, the California Angels, the LA Dodgers and the Indians before becoming manager. He was also the first player to win MVP awards in both leagues and was elected to the baseball Hall of Fame in 1982.

Gershom

Moses named his firstborn son Gershom, which means traveler in an alien land, because Moses himself had been "a stranger in a strange land" (KJV translation).

Neuschwanstein Castle, in Bavaria, Germany, was the inspiration for Sleeping Beauty's castle in Disneyland.

The three countries of South America that are located entirely within the northern hemisphere are Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.

By a 1964 Act of Congress, bourbon is known as "America's native spirit." Or, you know, possibly not.

Ian Fleming, an amateur bird watcher, named James Bond after an American ornithologist.