He was born Archibald Leach in Bristol, England in 1904 but became world famous as film icon Cary Grant. Throughout the 20th Century few movie stars achieved his level of worldwide fame. His mother died when he was age nine, and that may have contributed to issues with women for…

November 1934: At his request, retired General Smedley Butler testified under oath before a small Congressional panel. He warned them about a cabal of businessmen who wanted to stop FDR’s New Deal. Their goal: overthrow the Roosevelt Presidency and install a military-backed puppet leader — and they wanted him, Smedley…

Comedian Albert Brooks grew up in show business. He was born and raised in Beverly Hills, CA and was the youngest of four children, all boys. His mother was Thelma Leeds, an actress and singer. His father was comedian Harry Einstein. Brooks’ birth name is Albert Einstein. He changed it…

Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys called her “the greatest damn bass player in the world” and “ahead of her time.” She is Carole Kaye, and she played on countless recognizable hit songs throughout the 50s, 60s, and 70s. Some of the titles include The Beach Boys Good Vibrations and…

If you go to Woodstock, NY searching for the site of the historic 1969 Woodstock Music Festival, you won’t find it. That’s because it wasn’t held there. That was the originally planned location, hence the name. Organizers chose that small town 100 miles north of New York City in part…

From the late 1990s to 2016, daily automobile commuters who emerged from the Queens tunnel into midtown Manhattan would often see an old man on the corner at East 35th Street. The tiny, withered, white-haired fellow — usually wearing a white baseball cap bearing a slogan slamming big government —…

1948: World War II was over but the Cold War was just beginning. The Allies had split Germany in half: East Germany went to the Soviets while France, Britain, and the US took West Germany. Berlin, however, was located entirely within the Soviet-controlled eastern region. Hence, the city was also…

If women’s golf received even half as much attention as men get, Kathy Whitworth would be a household name along with Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Sam Snead, and Tiger Woods. Statistically speaking, her name belongs above theirs, at least when it comes to victories. During her professional career, Kathy Whitworth…

From 1964–1973, Edmund Kemper terrorized California as the Co-Ed Killer. Abused and neglected as a child, including imprisonment by his mother in a rat-infested basement, he would go on to commit grisly murders. At age 15, he killed his grandparents. That landed him in a state hospital for the criminally…