How Prince Philip’s Life Was Upended When Elizabeth Became Queen
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, who were married for more than 70 years, can boast of the longest-enduring marriage …
Month: September 2021
5 Things You May Not Know About Bill Gates
In 1975, a young programmer named Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard University to form a company called “Micro-soft” with …
5 Things You May Not Know About Babe Ruth
One of the first megastars of modern American sports, Babe Ruth helped usher in the Roaring Twenties with his seemingly superhuman …
5 Things You May Not Know About Elon Musk
Elon Musk is one of the brilliant minds who helped reshape the global economy following the tech boom of the …
10 Things You May Not Know About the ‘Back to the Future’ Trilogy
On October 26, 1985, Marty McFly stepped into Doc Brown’s souped-up DeLorean and launched one of Hollywood’s most beloved series. …
Ernest Hemingway: How Mental Illness Plagued the Writer and His Family
One of the most influential writers of the 20th century, Ernest Hemingway’s stripped-down prose new literary voice captivated critics and …
10 Things You May Not Know About Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway was a Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author who wrote in his own unique style and left behind a …
10 Things You May Not Know About ‘The Golden Girls’
Premiering in 1985, The Golden Girls was an instant smash, attracting a diverse audience for a then-novel concept — depicting …
8 of Mahalia Jackson’s Most Influential Moments
Mahalia Jackson occupied an unusual place in 20th century American culture. Born into poverty in New Orleans, she became a …
How Mahalia Jackson Sparked Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘I Have a Dream’ Speech
Long before his most famous August 28, 1963, speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. …