Historical Events – Page 2 – Legends of Pride

Alan Turing

#AlanTuring has, since his death, been credited with winning #WorldWarII for the Allies. He was a mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, and theoretical botanist. He is the creator of the #TuringMachine, a mathematical method of computation in which symbols are manipulated on a strip of tape to follow a set of algorithms. In essence, it was one of theContinue reading “Alan Turing”

Mychal Judge

(May 11th, 1933 – September 11th, 2001): A #FranciscanFriar and #Catholic priest who served as a chaplain for the #FDNY, #MychalJudge was born in Brooklyn to an Irish-American family. Following a dream to become a Franciscan friar from a young age, Judge became involved in many parishes across the Eastern seaboard before finally settling in #StFrancisOfAssisiChurch in #Manhattan, where he served until hisContinue reading “Mychal Judge”