Thousands of Beatles fans pleaded for the band members to stick together, but their heyday as clean-cut musicians was coming to an end. They were burnt out, tired of the band’s extensive performance schedule, and within their circle, many personal issues were brewing.
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When asked to describe their recording sessions at the time, John Lennon called it a miserable experience. Hell on earth. Their hearts were no longer in it. The Beatles finally released Let It Be as their final album.
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It’s been more than five decades since the United States sent a mission to the moon under the command of Neil Armstrong. Onboard the Apollo 11 with Armstrong were Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins. There were other landings from 1969 to 1972, followed by China’s Chang’e 4 in 2019 – the first to land on the dark side of the moon.
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Despite all this, conspiracy theorists continue to doubt that anyone has ever landed on the moon. Stories persist that the moon landing was staged, the Apollo 11 mission wasn’t real, and that no astronaut could have survived the radiation belt.
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Elizabeth Montgomery wasn’t the first choice to play the role of Samantha Stephens. The initial offer went to Tammy Grimes, who declined to take the role. Grimes likely went on to regret the decision as Montgomery received five Emmy nominations across the show’s eight seasons.
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The show was based on the fanciful notion that a witch had decided to settle down and marry an average man. For her love, she’d promised to change her ways and act like a typical housewife. The series started strong but eventually lost steam, with Montgomery commenting that she got tired of it and wanted to move on to new roles.
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In this haunting picture, you can see one of the Palestinian terrorists who stormed the Olympic Village on September 5, 1972. The terrorists kidnapped nine Israeli athletes from their apartments. This masked man is a member of the Black September Organization, which demanded that the Israeli government release 230 Arab prisoners in exchange for the athletes they were holding hostage.
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The standoff turned bloody when a shootout erupted at the Munich airport, killing five of the terrorists. Among the casualties were five Israeli athletes, six coaches, and a German police officer.
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This rare photograph of 18-year-old Jacqueline Bouvier captures her glowing elegance, even in sepia. Her style and grace were the characteristics she’d become famous for when she became the first lady of the United States.
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She was born to a wealthy family and grew up very well-educated. A year after her stint with the Washington Times-Herald, she was introduced to John F. Kennedy at a dinner party by a mutual friend Charles L. Bartlett, and how we wish we had that moment captured on camera too.
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Star Trek: The Original Series Featuring Emily Banks
American actress Emily Banks joined the Miss Rheingold pageant at a time when the company’s beer product was a top brew, and the selection of its participants was a highly anticipated event in New York. She won that title in 1960 and appeared in various Rheingold ads, which catapulted her to the spotlight.
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She eventually made her way onto the silver screen, playing the role of Yeoman Tonia Barrows in 1966, on the episode “Shore Leave”. She also appeared in The Wild Wild West TV series and Highway to Heaven.
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Stan Lee Celebrated by His Famous Marvel Characters
In this rarely seen old photograph, American comic artist Stan Lee is lifted up by a bunch of performers dressed up as some of the fictional characters he co-created for Marvel. You can see Captain America and Spiderman, who, like many others, have become icons of pop culture.
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Despite being endowed with supernatural capabilities, Lee’s fictional characters are able to connect with the audiences because they all have relatable imperfections. Stan Lee used them to tackle serious issues like poverty and drug abuse through his art.
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No stranger to racial discrimination as a Jew, theoretical physicist Albert Einstein can be seen in this picture lecturing before a group of colored students at Lincoln University. This was the only educational institution during those challenging times that allowed them to have bachelor’s degrees.
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On this matter, Einstein refused to be quiet, saying that racial segregation was wrong. However, a diary he’d written during his travels to Asia revealed that he may have had a problematic attitude toward the Japanese and Chinese people he encountered.
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Cassandra Peterson as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
Horror movies became so popular during the eighties, thanks to the invention of the VCR and the accessibility of more content. In 1988, Cassandra Peterson starred as Elvira, a horror hostess who, in popular eighties movie fashion, becomes entangled in witchcraft as she travels to Massachusetts to claim an inheritance left by her aunt.
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Leaning against the hood of this black low-slung hotrod in a revealing dress (a fashion statement that gets her in trouble in the small town), Elvira made Cassandra Peterson a household name.
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When he was fifteen, Muhammad Ali wanted to be as great as Elvis, idolizing the king of rock and roll while most of his friends were listening to Ray Charles. They were worlds apart, but who would’ve guessed that the two greats would eventually meet in 1973. By this time, Ali too had made a big name for himself and would go on to beat George Foreman the following year in Zaire.
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Elvis gifted him a bejeweled robe, and in return, received a signed boxing glove from Ali. They became good friends after that meeting and remained so until Elvis’ untimely death. Ali was famously quoted saying, “I was the Elvis of boxing.”
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