The Big Big Birthdays of 2013
From Archimedes to Xuxa (and Jesse Owens too), some very famous people celebrate landmark birthdays this year.
Biographies
Happy New Year from Who2
Ringing in the new year with a Civil War hero.
Wrapping Up 2012: Five People We’re Really Going to Miss
All sorts of people will be missed, of course, but these five people had a little something extra.
Norman Schwarzkopf Biography, Plus a Photo of Him Grimacing Along With President Bush
He was the Army’s big star of 1991, and now he’s dead.
Shinzo Abe is Back in the Saddle in Japan
He resigned in disgrace in 2007, but he’s once again the country’s prime minister.
Jack Klugman Biography: Lovable Slob Has Died at 90
When you play Oscar Madison in a hit TV show, you know which adjectives are coming in your obituary.
The Santas of Somerville
A quick tour of one town’s impressions of Santa Claus.
‘In Cold Blood’ Killers Exhumed
The two murderers portrayed in the book In Cold Blood have been exhumed in Kansas, in the hopes of solving murders in Florida.
Happy Birthday, Frank Zappa!
Frank Zappa died in 1993. Had he lived, he’d be celebrating his 62nd birthday. In his honor, watch an interview and listen to a song.
Robert Bork is Dead; Controversial Judge Was Blocked from the Supreme Court in 1987
Robert Bork was 87 years old and had been not on the Supreme Court for 25 years.