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One night, 40 years ago this week, a young man approached musician John Lennon outside Lennon’s Manhattan apartment building. The young man appeared to be asking for an autograph, but
One night, 40 years ago this week, a young man approached musician John Lennon outside Lennon’s Manhattan apartment building. The young man appeared to be asking for an autograph, but
Sixty years ago this week, May 1960, a team of Israeli Mossad agents quietly traveled to Argentina, where they found and captured Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi officer who was instrumental
Neil Simon was born on the Fourth of July, 1927 and grew up in New York City. Because of a troubled home life, he spent a lot of time at
Twenty years ago tomorrow a book was published that broke rules, set new boundaries, redefined fiction. It was a groundbreaking novel by Mark Z. Danielewski. It was his first book,
Most authors would be delighted to be on the New York Times bestseller list once or twice. Clive Cussler made it to the list 20 times. He was much more
It’s been 37 years since that record-breaking series finale of the TV show “MAS*H.” And William Christopher may be best remembered as the lovable Father Mulcahy, but he had a
Gordon Cooper was the youngest of the seven original Mercury astronauts, the ones who famously had “the right stuff.” He was a World War II fighter pilot, later a test
Benjamin O. Davis Jr. played a key role in World War II. Not only were his combat accomplishments extraordinary, but his leadership helped shape the United States Air Force for
It all started over 15 years ago, when an ordinary guy from Maryland named Frank Warren kaunched a project, to encourage people to share secrets. Not just ordinary secrets, either.
He is an icon of the American civil rights movement of the 1960s. John Lewis has been at the forefront of the effort. He was chairman of the Student Nonviolent