... 1922 (85 years ago today), by appointment of President Warren G. Harding, Lucile Atcherson became the 1st woman U.S. diplomat when she was appointed a secretary in what was then called the Diplomatic Service (today, the Foreign Service). Atcherson (right), who'd received the 3d-highest score on the Service exam, served in France, Haiti, and Switzerland; in 1925, she was assigned as 3d Secretary of the Legation in Berne, capital of the last country. The Ohio native resigned the Service upon marrying in 1927.... 1957 (50 years ago today), less than a week after escaping a grenade attack and announcing the nationalization of Dutch-owned industries, Indonesian leader Sukarno ordered the expulsion of the 46,000 Dutch citizens remaining in the country, which had been a Dutch colony for 350 years.
