* Astronomy

Jacqueline Auriol (November 5, 1917, Challans, Vendée - February 11, 2000) was a French aviator who set several world speed records.
She earned a military pilot license in 1950 then qualified as one of the first female test pilots. She was among the first women to break the sound barrier and set five world speed records in the 1950s and 1960s.
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