Dutch principal saved hundreds of Jewish children during the Holocaust.
Born 1911
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British journalist Clare Hollingworth was just 27 when she reported the scoop of the 20th century: the outbreak of World War II.
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Ruth Gruber, photojournalist and humanitarian who helped 1,000 Jewish refugees come to the U.S. during World War II, has died at the age of 105.
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Kaufman was a middle-age teacher and single mother when she published her bestseller.
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There was a time when everyone loved Lucy. Lucille Ball, who starred as a dizzy housewife with dreams of stardom in the groundbreaking sitcom “I Love Lucy,” was the “queen …
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Roy Rogers was one of the most famous movie cowboys of them all…
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Fred Astaire danced with many women over the course of his movie career. But Ginger Rogers is the one we remember as his constant partner, and there’s a reason for that. Anything Astaire threw …
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Danny Kaye was as generous as he was funny…
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Culture & History
World’s Greatest Athletes: Lottie Dod and Babe Didrikson Zaharias
by Legacy StaffWe’re remembering two remarkable women who would give any athlete – man or woman – a run for their money when it comes to all-time greatest: Lottie Dod and Babe …
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It’s the yabba dabba duo who brought us the town of Bedrock, Jellystone Park, and the Mystery Machine…