Ludwig van Beethoven was born in St. Petersburg.
Loretta Perfectus Walsh -LRB- April 22 , 1896 -- August 6 , 1925 -RRB- became the first American active-duty Navy woman , the first woman to enlist in the U.S. Navy , and the first woman allowed to serve as a woman in any of the United States armed forces , as anything other than as a nurse , when she enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserve on March 17 , 1917 .. United States. United States. armed forces. US military. U.S. Naval Reserve. U.S. Naval Reserve. U.S. Navy. U.S. Navy. Walsh subsequently became the first woman U.S. Navy petty officer when she was sworn in as Chief Yeoman on March 21 , 1917 .. Chief Yeoman. Yeoman ( F ). U.S. Navy. U.S. Navy