Here are your top highlights from this day in history for May 25 2012: – President John F. Kennedy challenges the U.S. to aim high in Cold War space race – “Star Wars, the classic science fiction film movie written and directed by George Lucas, premieres – Former Enron executives Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling [...]

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Mary Kennedy, the estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is dead. Law enforcement sources says Mary Kennedy, 52, was found dead in her home in Mount Kisco, New York today. Police arrived on the scene at 1:36 p.m. EDT to investigate a possible “unattended death,” meaning no one saw the death occur. Preliminary reports [...]

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Here are your highlights for this day in history: – 1997: Former Israeli president Chaim Herzog died in Tel Aviv at age 78 – 1970: Apollo 13 astronauts James A. Lovell, Fred W. Haise, and Jack Swigert splashed down safely in the Pacific – 1969: A jury convicted Sirhan Sirhan of assassinating Sen. Robert F. [...]

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Mimi Alford was just a 19-year-old White House intern when she first met President John F. Kennedy. The two had a steamy, 18-month affair that the now-grandmother has kept under her hat for more than 40 years…until now. Her new tell-all book, “Once Upon a Secret: My Affair with President John F. Kennedy and Its [...]

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Want to own a piece of presidential history?  A Chrysler 300 once leased by President Barack Obama is now up for auction on eBay with a whopping opening bid of $1 million. Lisa Czibor, the woman who put the car up for sale, says she’s taken some flak due to the high asking price but [...]

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Here are your famous & celebrity birthdays for today: Never miss a celebrity birthday again with the Celebrity Birthday Directory 1975 Melanie Janine Brown A.K.A. Mel B. (singer – Spice Girls) 1969 Chan Kinchla (guitarist – Blues Traveler) 1967 Noel Gallagher (guitarist, songwriter – Oasis) 1963 Lisa Whelchel (actress – The Facts of Life) 1961 [...]

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In was on this date 50 years ago, January 20, 1961, that John F. Kennedy gave his one and only inaugural address. While many consider it to be one of the greatest speeches in history, the John F. Kennedy inaugural address lasted only about 13 minutes. In it, he coined the popular line: “Ask not [...]

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A Los Angeles auction house said on Tuesday it would auction off the pine coffin in which Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who shot President John F. Kennedy, was buried for nearly two decades. Bidding will begin at $1,000 but many think the coffin will garner strong attention museums and collectors of memorabilia when it [...]

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More here: OMGFacts 1. Barbie’s measurements (if she were life-size): 39-23-33 2. Coca-cola was originally green 3. Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than for the US Treasury 4. Smartest dogs: 1) border collie; 2) poodle; 3) golden retriever. Dumbest dog: 1) afghan 5. The Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters 6. First novel [...]

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Here are your famous & celebrity birthdays for today: Contact your favorite celebrity right now with the Celebrity Black Book! 1975 Melanie Janine Brown A.K.A. Mel B. (singer – Spice Girls) 1967 Noel Gallagher (guitarist, songwriter – Oasis) 1961 Melissa Etheridge (singer) 1959 Adrian Paul (actor) 1958 Annette Bening (actor) 1957 LaToya Jackson (singer) 1953 [...]

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Wanda Sykes had Erykah Badu on her show last night and came up with her own rendition of Badu’s controversial new music video. Badu got a kick out of Wanda’s version. “You know what?” she said. “That’s beautiful. In the traditional performance arts that’s what it’s all about…that’s funny.” Badu also said that people misunderstood [...]

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Eugene Allen, who lived through segregation in Virginia and worked as White House butler for eight presidents, died on March 31 of renal failure. He was 90 years old. Eugene and his wife, Helene Allen, were ecstatic about working for Barack Obama. Helene, however, passed away on the eve of his election, and Eugene Allen [...]

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