Professional golfer, born Eldrick Woods on December 30, 1975, in Orlando, Florida. Early on, Tiger’s parents introduced their only child to the sport he has come to dominate, giving him a sawed-off putter to practice with as soon as he could stand up on his own. At the age of 8, he won the first […] Read more

That hate is fueled at Ruby Ridge where federal agents launch a raid on the remote cabin of Randy Weaver- killing his wife and son, a federal agent also dies. A few months later, still feeling lost, living at home, McVeigh reconnects with his Second Amendment soul mate and army buddy, Terry Nichols- visiting from […] Read more

Sickness, arson, and bankruptcy threatened to silence TLC forever. But when faced with the type of adversity that has ripped other groups apart, Tionne, Lisa, and Chili closed ranks. It seems as if the odds have been stacked against the members of TLC their entire lives. Long before they ever shared a stage, each endured […] Read more

Tony Curtis was born Bernard Schwartz on June 3, 1925, in the Bronx, the son of Hungarian immigrants. As a young man he joined the Navy and after being wounded in Guam in World War II, took up acting in New York City. In the late 1940s, Universal Studios signed Curtis and launched him on […] Read more

Born Adeline Virginia Stephen, on January 25, 1882, in London, England. One of the most notable and prolific Modernist writers, Virginia Woolf wrote nine novels, one play, over five volumes of essays, portraits, memoirs, and reviews, more than fourteen volumes of diaries and letters, and forty-six short stories. In her novels, Woolf evolved a way […] Read more

“God Bless W.E.”, the note reads, on a piece of slightly crumpled stationery from Belton House. “W.E.” as in Wallace and Edward, soon to be together at last, trapped for all time in the long, sad aftermath of the century’s number one celebrity love affair […] Read more

In 1903, a competition was announced for the design of a new Grand Central Terminal. All the great NewYork firms proposed plans, but architect Whitney Warren had the inside track. He was a cousin and social acquaintance of William Kissam Vanderbilt, or “Willy K” as his friends called him […] Read more

From 1921 to 1925, he won first place in 91 of the 137 races he ran. He placed second or third in 34 more of them. In 1922, he ran the 100 metre in 9.7 seconds – a British record that lasted 35 years. He was first considered a traitor, then a great hero to […] Read more

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born to an aristocratic family in 1874. He was a British statesman, soldier and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945. Churchill helped lead the successful Allied strategy to ultimately defeat the Axis powers and then afterwards lay the groundwork for post-war […] Read more