She was honored with the President’s Volunteer Service Award.
Born 1909
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He was a local hero in New Orleans.
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Mary Anderson, an outdoors enthusiast who co-founded the sporting goods and camping equipment company REI, died Monday, March 27, 2017, according to REI. She was 107.
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For decades, schoolchildren the world over have learned about Anne Frank. The teenager who hid with her family from the Nazis, in an attempt to escape the concentration camps where …
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We look back at Australian bad boy Errol Flynn, whose life was at least as interesting as any character he ever played…
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In the 1950s and ‘60s, there were few better stepping stones to movie stardom than getting the attention of director Elia Kazan.
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His booming baritone voice echoed through stadiums, squares and souls during a decades-long career with evangelist Billy Graham.
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Benny Goodman launched the musical careers of many who would go on to become legends themselves.
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Jessica Tandy’s career was a slow starter, but eventually she became the oldest actress to win an Oscar…
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Maybelle Carter brought the joyful songs of her family…