Death in space: after the three astronauts of Soyuz 11 became heroes of the Soviet Union, catastrophe struck
Sir Anthony Hopkins won the Oscar for role of psychopath Hannibal Lecter with only 16 minutes of screen time and an unblinking stare
At her first recital, 12-year-old Nina Simone refused to start singing after her parents were moved from the front row to make room for whites
Georges Méliès, the magic-minded dreamer who in 1902 filmed “The Trip to the Moon” and showed us what movies are capable of
While working as a prop boy, John Wayne met Wyatt Earp; He later credited his walk, talk, and persona to his acquaintance with Earp
During WWII, Veronica Lake changed her trademark peek-a-boo look to encourage factory workers to adopt safer hair styles
Joanne Woodward said the key to her 50-year-long marriage to Paul Newman was he made her laugh “every day”
Hattie McDaniel, the first African-American to win an Oscar for her role in ‘Gone with the Wind’, was requested to sit at a segregated table during the award ceremony
After Patricia Neal had a stroke, husband Roald Dahl helped with her therapy, and even invented a new language based on her words