American astronomer J. Allen Hynek is best known for investigations of unidentified flying objects and efforts to promote "ufology" as a legitimate scientific pursuit.

Frank "Tony Lip" Vallelonga is known for his connection to acclaimed pianist Don Shirley, as depicted in the 2018 movie 'Green Book,' and for his role as Carmine Lupertazzi on HBO's 'The Sopranos.'

Stan Laurel was an English comedic actor, movie director and writer who was one-half of the famous duo Laurel and Hardy. With Oliver Hardy, Laurel appeared in over 100 films, beginning in the 1920s silent film era.

Oliver Hardy was an American comic actor who was famous for being one-half of the comedic duo Laurel and Hardy. With his British buddy Stan Laurel, Hardy made over 100 films, starting in the 1920s silent film era through 1950.

Jill Clayburgh was an Oscar-nominated American actress who had memorable roles in 'An Unmarried Woman,' 'Starting Over,' 'Running With Scissors' and 'Bridesmaids.'

Actress Jane Russell came to fame in the 1940s when a publicity campaign for her debut film 'The Outlaw' focused on her curvaceous figure. She also co-starred with Marilyn Monroe in 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.'

One day after thousands of people lined up at the Arizona Capitol to pay their respects to John McCain, family, friends and political leaders gathered at a Phoenix-based Baptist church to celebrate the late senator. Former Vice President Joe Biden quoted Shakespeare in his eulogy, saying, "We shall not see his like again."

Colonel Tom Parker managed Elvis Presley’s career, turning the singer into one of the first rock superstars.

An auction of costumes, memorabilia and other items owned by Zsa Zsa Gabor have sold for more than $900,000, including a $20K diamond-and-gold necklace with Gabor's catchphrase “dah-ling” and a $24K grand piano. The actress and socialite died in 2016 at the age of 99.

Australian actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr was featured in NBC’s ‘Timeless.’ Best known in her time as the world’s “most beautiful woman alive,” Lamarr starred alongside Clark Gable and helped develop an early technique for early ideas behind WiFi.

HBO has released a documentary on writer and filmmaker Arthur Miller. Narrated by his daughter Rebecca, ‘Arthur Miller: Writer,’ covers his full life chronologically, from struggles with the House Un-American Activities Committee to his five-year marriage to Marilyn Monroe.

Chandra Levy was an intern in Washington D.C. at the Federal Bureau of Prisons when she disappeared in May 2001. Her remains were discovered a year later. Levy’s murder garnered national media attention in part due to her relationship with married California Congressman Gary Condit. Her murder has never been solved.

Harper Lee is best known for writing the Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller 'To Kill a Mockingbird' (1960) and 'Go Set a Watchman' (2015), which portrays the later years of the Finch family.

Marjory Stoneman Douglas was a journalist and environmentalist who helped defend the Florida Everglades.

The movie ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ opens this weekend, an adaptation of the 1962 feminist science fiction book written by Madeleine L'Engle. The casting has been praised for its gender and racial diversity, featuring biracial actor Storm Reid, Oprah Winfrey and Mindy Kaling.

A Richmond, Virginia commission convened by Mayor Levar Stoney “to best tell the real story" of the Confederate era has recommended removing a statue of Jefferson Davis. The monument of the Confederate president was unveiled in 1907 at a reunion of Confederate veterans.

Claire McCardell was an award-winning 20th century American fashion designer, who created American sportswear. Some of her most famous looks include the Monastic and Popover Dress.

Irene Morgan was a civil rights activist who, a decade prior to Rosa Parks' landmark case, won her own U.S. Supreme Court Case in 'Irene Morgan v. Commonwealth of Virginia,' which declared interstate transport racial segregation to be unconstitutional.

Naomi Parker Fraley was the real woman who inspired the iconic World War II image of Rosie the Riveter.

Alice Ball was an African-American chemist who developed the first successful treatment for those suffering from Hansen’s disease (leprosy).

The wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt changed the role of the first lady through her active participation in American politics.

Sojourner Truth is best known for her extemporaneous speech on racial inequalities, "Ain't I a Woman?" delivered at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention in 1851.

Writer, feminist and women's rights activist Betty Friedan wrote The Feminine Mystique (1963) and co-founded the National Organization for Women.

Shirley Chisholm became the first African-American congresswoman in 1968. Four years later, she became the first major-party black candidate to make a bid for the U.S. presidency.