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Josephine Baker was more than a glittering star of the stage. She was a cultural icon, a freedom fighter, a…

Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, was born on 12 February 1809 in a one-room log cabin…

Eleanor of Aquitaine was born in 1122 in Poitiers, France. She became one of the most powerful and influential women…

Lucille Désirée Ball was born on 6 August 1911 in Jamestown, New York, United States. She became one of the…

William Shakespeare, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language and the world’s preeminent dramatist, was…

Alfred Hitchcock, born Alfred Joseph Hitchcock on 13 August 1899 in Leytonstone, Essex, England, is often regarded as one of…

Margaret Thatcher, born Margaret Hilda Roberts on 13 October 1925 in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, remains one of Britain’s most significant…

Henry Ford, the pioneering American industrialist who revolutionised the automobile industry and transformed manufacturing, was born on 30 July 1863…

William Henry Harrison, the ninth President of the United States, was born on 9 February 1773 at Berkeley Plantation in…

Howard Robard Hughes Jr. was an American enigma. He was an aerospace engineer, a business magnate, a film producer, an…

John Maynard Keynes, a revolutionary figure in economic thought, was born on June 5th, 1883, in Cambridge, England. The son…

Charlton Heston, born John Charles Carter on the 4th of October, 1923, in Evanston, Illinois, was a titan of American…

Joseph Louis Barrow, better known as “The Brown Bomber,” was born in rural Alabama on May 13, 1914. Raised in…

John Wilkes Booth, a notorious figure in American history, was born on May 10, 1838, near Bel Air, Maryland. He…

Manfred von Richthofen, better known as the Red Baron, was born into Prussian nobility in what is now Poland on…

William Shakespeare, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s pre-eminent dramatist, was born in…