Born 1924

She danced in Hollywood movies “Hans Christian Andersen” and “Anything Goes” and was a beloved French cabaret performer.

Vivian was one of the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, who worked alongside Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to organize sit-ins and marches in the pursuit of equality.

She and her longtime partner, Del Martin, founded the Daughters of Bilitis and were the first same-sex couple to wed in San Francisco in 2004.

Walter’s WWII work in an aircraft factory inspired the hit 1942 song “Rosie the Riveter”

He was responsible for the publiscation of “The Silmarillon” and other works expanding on the world of Middle-Earth.

The calypso song was a hit for Harry Belafonte.

Edward Dee was the founder of Smarties Candy Company and the inventor of the sweet candy discs, packaged in rolls and especially popular on Halloween.

Gert Boyle was the former president and chairwoman of Columbia Sportswear, who built the company from a small business to the largest outerwear company in the U.S. and starred in …

Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s former president, had a controversial legacy that swung from liberating Zimbabwe from colonial rule to ruling it himself with an iron fist.

Chris Kraft was NASA’s visionary first flight director, who guided astronauts as they orbited Earth and landed on the Moon.