Shuttlesworth was referred to as “the man most feared by Southern racists”. He was noted has surviving bombings, beatings, jail sentences, and other various attacks.

He worked to alleviate some of the problems of the homeless in Cincinnati, Ohio where he took up a pastorate in 1961. He retired back to Birmingham in 2007.

In 1978 family members staged an intervention forcing Ford to face her drinking problem and an addiction to opioid analgesics, which has been prescribed to her in the early 1960s. Following her own long-running battle with alcoholism in the 1970s, Ford founded, and served as a chairwoman, the Betty Ford Center (formally called The Betty Ford Clinic) for substance abuse and addiction.

Gerald and Betty Ford were the first presidential couple to live into their nineties, eventually being joined by the Reagan’s.

After Easy Rider, Hopper’s career sort of cooled off until he was cast in Apocalypse Now opposite Marlon Brando and Robert Duvall. Around the same time he also appeared in Rumble Fish, The Osterman Weekend, Blue Velvet and Hoosiers.

Hopper was married 5 separate times: Brooke Hayward (1961-1969) – Michelle Phillips (1970) – Daria Halprin (1972-1976) – Katherine LaNasa (1989-1992) – Victoria Duffy (1996-present)

On October 29, 2009 Hopper’s manager, Sam Maydew, stated that the actor had been diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer. To combat the disease Hopper was undergoing special treatments at the University of Southern California. Over the coming weeks his condition reporedly worsened dramatically.

In a surprising turn of events, Hopper filed for divorce from his wife, Victoria Duffy-Hopper, citing “irreconcilable differences”. Many questioned why he would file for divorce, from what many to believe his deathbed. Some believe it’s a money thing, as Hopper wanted his eldest daughter, Marin Hopper, to be the executor of his will not his current wife of 14 years.

In mid January 2010, it was reported that Hopper’s cancer had spread to his bones and that he may only have a month to live.

On August 6, 1945 Yamaguchi had just arrived in Hiroshima on business when the atomic bomb, Little Boy, was dropped over the city just 3 kilometers away. The explosion instantly destroyed his eardrums, temporarily blinded him and left him with burns over the top half of his body. Yamaguchi would go on to lose all of his body hair, and suffered from other effects of the bombings.

A few days later Yamaguchi returned to his hometown of Nagasaki and was in the middle of explaining to his supervisor what had happened when another atomic bomb, Fat Man, was dropped. Once again Yamaguchi found himself 3 kilometers away from the bombing.

Miraculously, Yamaguchi survived both bombings. Until his death he was an active anti-nuclear protester and urged the United Nations to ban all nuclear weapons.

He was quoted as saying, “The reason that I hate the atomic bomb is because of what it does to the dignity of human beings.”

In 2003, he and a friend decided to tackle the climb with no real experience. The two trained for the climb in Pakistan, Ama Dablam in Nepal, Scotland, and the French Alps.

On May 17, 2006 they reached the summit of Mount Everest. Gauntlett reached it just a week after his 19th birthday.

More recently Gauntlett, along with a friend, were named National Geographic Society’s Adventurers of the Year at the Society’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. They were awarded the prestigious honor for their expedition from the North to the South Pole, using only human and natural power.

Felt (Deep Throat) was leaking information to Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward with critical leads to the story that eventually saw the resignation of President Richard Nixon in 1974.

Deep Throat remained a mystery for thirty years, until Felt revealed himself on May 31, 2005 as the whistleblower.

He was chosen to become the new Patriarch of The Russian Orthodox Church after the death of Patriarch Pimen I in 1990. Archbishishop Chrysostom (Martyshkin) told why Alexey was selected, “With his peaceful and tolerant disposition Patriarch Aleksi will be able to unite us all.”

It’s often alleged that Alexey had been a KGB (Committee for State Security) agent, going by the code name DROZDOV. Some believe that he was just an honorary member, given the status by the KGB chairman in 1988.

On April 27, 2007 it was reported by some Russian media that Alexey was in serious condition, some even reported his death. This was proven to be a hoax, in hopes to upset the reconciliation of the Russian Church inside of Russia with the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia. Alexy was quoted as saying, “As you can see, I’m healthy, I’m serving, I’m alive”.

Her style of music was mainly American folk music, jazz, blues and spiritual songs. It’s been noted that her style influenced Janis Joplin, Joan Baez, and Bob Dylan.

Dylan was even quoted as saying; “The first thing that turned me on to folk singing was Odetta. I heard a record of hers (Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues) in a record store, back when you could listen to records right there in the store. Right then and there, I went out and traded my electric guitar and amplifier for an acoustical guitar, a flat-top Gibson. … (That album was) just something vital and personal. I learned all the songs on that record. It was her first and the songs were- ‘Mule Skinner’, ‘Waterboy’, ‘Jack of Diamonds’, ”Buked and Scorned’.”