<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacqueline_Cochran" id="mwARo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Jacqueline Cochran">Jacqueline Cochran</a> becomes the first woman to break the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_barrier" id="mwARs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sound barrier">sound barrier</a>.<sup about="#mwt74" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-12"}}' id="cite_ref-12" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./May_18#cite_note-12" id="mwARw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 12;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAR0">[12]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-12"><cite about="#mwt71" class="citation web cs1" id="CITEREFCochraneRamirez2021">Cochrane, Dorothy; Ramirez, P. (28 October 2021). <a class="external text" href="https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/meet-jacqueline-cochran" id="mwB1E" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Meet Jacqueline Cochran"</a>. <i id="mwB1I"><a href="./National_Air_and_Space_Museum" id="mwB1M" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="National Air and Space Museum">National Air and Space Museum</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwB1Q">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwB1U">17 May</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt71" class="Z3988" id="mwB1Y" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=National+Air+and+Space+Museum&amp;rft.atitle=Meet+Jacqueline+Cochran&amp;rft.date=2021-10-28&amp;rft.aulast=Cochrane&amp;rft.aufirst=Dorothy&amp;rft.au=Ramirez%2C+P.&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fairandspace.si.edu%2Fstories%2Feditorial%2Fmeet-jacqueline-cochran&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMay+18"></span></span>