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Women's Olympic Speed Skating

Multiple gold medals: Lydia Skoblikova (6); Bonnie Blair (5); Claudia Pechstein (4); Karin Enke, Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann and Yvonne van Gennip (3); Tatiana Averina, Catriona Lemay-Doan,…

The Thin Man <span class="date" >(1934)</span>

Director: W.S. Van DykeCast: William Powell, Myrna Loy and Maureen O'Sullivan Powell and Loy define screen chemistry in the best example of romantic comedy/mystery. This is the first entry in…

Calvin Klein

Fashion designer Calvin Klein is particularly known for his jeans and and for his many provocative underwear advertisements. Klein graduated from New York's Fashion Institute of Technology in 1964…

First U.S. Satellite

The first successful U.S. satellite, Explorer I, was launched into Earth orbit by the Army on Jan. 31, 1958, at Cape Canaveral, Florida, four months after Russia orbited Sputnik. The 18-…

2000 Women's Olympic Tennis Medalists

Singles: 1. Venus Williams, USA def. 2. Elena Dementieva, RUS 6-2, 6-4; 3. Monica Seles, USA def. Jelena Dokic, AUS, 6-1, 6-4. Doubles: 1. Serena Williams & Venus Williams, USA def. 2. Kristie…

Shane <span class="date" >(1953)</span>

Director: George StevensCast: Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, Jack Palance and Brandon de Wilde Breathtaking vistas and the classic squatters-versus-cattle-herders plot make this the…

Dennis Rodman

A fierce rebounder, Dennis Rodman played alongside Michael Jordan on three championship Chicago Bulls teams in the 1990s. Yet he was better known for his eccentric and attention-hunting behavior,…

Jan Vermeer

Name at birth: Johannes van der MeerJohannes (or Jan) Vermeer is now recognized as one of the great Dutch painters, but while he was alive he could barely make ends meet, and his artistic achievement…