Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home served as British Prime Minister for one year from October 1963 to October 1964. He became famous for a series of records:…
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1 9 2 6 – 1 9 9 7 US poet and political activist. His reputation as a visionary, overtly political poet was established by Howl (1956),…
Allen Klein was born in Newark on 18 December 1931 and spent several years in an orphanage after his mother’s death during his infancy. He…
This Cadbury concoction of raisins and chewy stuff and rum (0% proof) was available from 1971 to 1978. The bar was advertised with a Cockney…
The deceptively simple concept of Bally Midway’s Amazing Maze – released in 1976 – was this: You were on one side of a maze, and…
American Girl magazine debuted in 1992 and quickly established itself as one of the biggest and most popular children’s magazines in the USA, particularly among…
As far as automotive ideas go, the Amphicar never really held water, even if it could float on it. However, this unusual amphibian somehow made it…
Founded in 1968 by Alan Sugar, Amstrad had already built a reputation as a budget British manufacturer of low-priced, all-in-one hi-fi systems when they began…
Andy Warhol, the high priest of Pop Art, presented everyday images, from soup cans to celebrity photos, as high art, in repetitious silkscreen reproductions. His preoccupation…
Angel Delight was first released in Britain in 1967 by the Birds Custard company, promising the taste of strawberries and cream from colourful sachets of…
The flower children hippies of the 1960s let go of convention and shrouded themselves in soft and fluid fabrics when they adopted the gypsy style wardrobe. Angel…
“The fit is so snug and provocative it’s downright sinful” Coordinated gabardine disco suit with jacket, vest, and flared pants. The accompanying shirt had to…
It was the crime that shocked Australia – pretty 26-year-old nursing sister Anita Lorraine Cobby was found brutally murdered in a field at Prospect, in…
Adorning the ankles with chains called anklets, or ankle bracelets, was a popular teen trend during the 1950s that has remained an exotic accessory through…
Born in Sweden on 28 April 1941, Ann-Margret Olsson and her mother moved to Illinois five years later to join her father, an electrician who…
Born on 22 October 1942, Annette Funicello became an overnight sensation in 1955 when she first appeared on a new afternoon TV show, at the…
The biggest fashion influence on America’s young women in 1977 was neither a New York designer like Halston or Calvin Klein nor a European couturier…
1 9 4 0 – 2 0 2 4 Anne Avril Nightingale was born in Osterley, Middlesex, England, on 1 April 1940. She became a fan…
In the mid-1950’s, Milton Levine was enjoying Fourth of July festivities in Southern California’s San Fernando Valley, when the ant minions that he was watching…
1 9 0 7 – 1 9 8 3 Anthony Frederick Blunt was born in Bournemouth, England in 1907 and educated at Marlborough School and…