At least five deaths have been officially attributed to an unidentified man who proudly called himself the Zodiac Killer. The murders were all committed from 1968 to 1969. He was known to have hailed a cab and shot the driver in the head. He also killed two teenagers who were out to attend a concert on their first date. In total, the serial killer claimed to have murdered 37 people.
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We know this because he sent coded letters to newspapers and authorities. A few deciphered ones revealed that he enjoyed committing his crimes, planned on killing children, and hoped to one day use a bomb. The cases remain unsolved.
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When American entertainer Chris Noel traveled to Vietnam for the first time, she admitted not knowing what to do. All she knew was that she wanted to do the right thing. At the time, she felt that the troops deserved something good to overcome their fears and trauma during the war. Being a disc jockey for the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service was her way of boosting their morale.
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She risked touring remote areas that came under mortar attack and flew in helicopters that encountered heavy gunfire – all so she could be with the soldiers and cheer them up. She was given the Distinguished Vietnam Veteran Award for her civilian tours of duty in 1984.
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Bettie Page had no qualms about having her picture taken by club photographers, most of whom were skirting the boundaries of pornography by disguising their work as art. Her willingness to present a risque image increased her demand and saw her become a top pin-up girl of the fifties. Page helped pave the way to the sexual revolution of the following decade.
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She was known for her daring outfits (or lack thereof) that promoted bondage. She also rocked signature bangs, high-heels, jet-black shoulder-length hair, and an overall style that publisher Hugh Hefner described as having a great influence on society.
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Claudia Lennear wanted to work as a translator for the UN but ended up using her voice in an entirely different way. She started performing in college, mostly as a backup vocalist for various bands. In an interview, Lennear confessed that she learned so much working with Tina Turner and her husband Ike that without them, she’d likely be 20 miles away from stardom.
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She dated David Bowie and Mick Jagger back in the day, both of whom she’d worked with professionally. Claudia Lennear has one album called Phew!
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Otto Lilienthal and his brother Gustav were ahead of their time, constantly coming up with strange ideas when they were kids. They studied the dynamism of birds, believing it would help them invent a flying machine someday. How ridiculous they must have sounded to their peers.
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But Otto Lilienthal eventually succeeded in building gliders. He flew 2,000 times with them, beginning with the Derwitzer version and improving on his craft after he became an engineer. Unfortunately, Otto broke his neck and died after falling from a glider in 1896. But his vision of manned flights had already grown on the public by this time.
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This image shows a young Steven Spielberg being silly between shoots in 1974, lying down to relax on the jaws of his terrifying creation. He named his mechanical great white sharks after his lawyer, Bruce Ramer, and there were three of them. Each Bruce was responsible for different angles and motions.
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As if to prove the point that your chances of being killed by a shark are lower than your chances of being hit by lightning, he smirks for the camera. Still, after all these years, the movie Jaws remains frightening to viewers, many of whom are hoping to see a Spielberg-helmed reboot.
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Sally Ride Floating in the Space Shuttle Challenger
Sally Ride flew into space two times in her career, and in this picture, you can see her aboard the orbiter Challenger. She was the first American woman to leave the earth’s atmosphere and the third female to travel into space (behind two Russian cosmonauts). Prior to her mission, she was bombarded with ridiculous questions by the media.
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People were curious about how she would behave under pressure. Would she cry when things got tough? Would the alien territory affect her reproductive organs, and how about her use of tampons in space? NASA dealt with the menstrual cycle concern by providing contraceptive pills.
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The making of the first Star Warsfilm came with many challenges, and there were considerable doubts about its success. These factors led to the movie having only a limited release at first. But this photo shows how absurd those concerns were. Thousands of moviegoers piled up for a glimpse of the Jedis in action on opening weekend.
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As a result of its skyrocketing demand, scalpers sold tickets for up to fifteen times its original price. Shirts and other merchandise sold out in galactic proportions. The profits revitalized 20th Century Fox’s numbers, helping it grow into a major media conglomerate.
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The Oldest McDonald’s in San Bernardino, California
Richard and Maurice McDonald opened up a small drive-in business in 1940. They soon realized that most of their products weren’t selling so well. It was only the hamburgers keeping them afloat. Determined to focus on their strengths, they rehashed their menu and sold hamburgers with orange juice and potato chips.
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They sold them fifty percent cheaper than other diners. They also fast-tracked their service with the introduction of the Speedee Service System, which is similar to how assembly lines at factories work. The McDonald brothers began franchising this brand new concept in 1953.
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Female action stars of today have high standards to live up to, with Pam Grier being the first of their kind. She had the beauty and the physique to make her action-packed movies plausible. Her physicality was not common among female actors of her time, and this was coupled with her bold and courageous personality.
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In Jack Hill’s blaxploitation movie Foxy Brown, Grier is dressed to kill as she goes undercover to pursue a group of drug dealers responsible for her lover’s death. She played similar roles in the films Friday Foster and Sheba, Baby.
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