More than half of American baby boomers — 55 percent — say they express themselves through their work. That compares with 46 percent for members of Generation X — those born from 1965 through 1976 — and only 34 percent of people older than 50.
Hitler was voted "Time Magazine's" man of the year in 1938.
Mormon leader Brigham Young had 57 children with 16 of his 27 wives.
James Madison, 5 feet, 4 inches tall, was the shortest president of the United States. Abraham Lincoln was the tallest at 6 feet, 4 inches.
Jane Pauley was Chicago’s first evening TV news anchorwoman.
Houdini was born Erich Weiss. In the early 1900s while performing on the vaudeville circuit, Houdini worked with a couple named Keaton. Their young son Joseph was intrigued by Houdini's magic, and Houdini was quite taken with the boy. Houdini nicknamed him "Buster." The name stuck, explaining how Buster Keaton, the famous film comedian, got his name.
TV talk show host Jay Leno owns more than 30 classic cars and more than 40 motorcycles. His first automobile was a 1934 Ford V-8 truck which he restored himself at the age of 14.
Two towns in Vermont claim to be Pres. Chester A. Arthur's birthplace, but recent research supports his opponents' charges that he was born in Canada, and therefore, was not eligible to be president under the U.S. Constitution.
The famous nineteenth-century bullfighter Lagarijo (born Rafael Molina) killed 4,867 bulls.
U.S. Army doctor D.W. Bliss had the unique role of attending to two U.S. presidents after they were shot by assassins. In 1865, he was one of 16 doctors who tried to save Abraham Lincoln; in 1881, Bliss supervised the care of James Garfield.
The famous Russian composer Aleksandr Borodin was also a respected chemistry professor in St. Petersburg.
Queen Elizabeth II has a silver hood ornament of St. George (the patron saint of England) slaying the dragon placed on any car in which she is traveling.
U.S. Senator and Presidential candidate George McGovern flew a B-24, Dakota Queen in World War II and won the Distinguished Flying Cross.
The female Victorian aristocracy in Britain would change their clothes at least four times a day.
Queen Elizabeth II wore three different crowns on her coronation day in 1953.
Most believe that John F. Kennedy was the U.S.'s youngest President. He was not. Theodore Roosevelt was. Teddy Roosevelt was President McKinley's vice-president. When McKinley was assassinated, Roosevelt was 42, making Roosevelt the youngest president. John Kennedy, at 43, was the youngest elected President.
U.S. Vice President Al Gore and Oscar-winning actor Tommy Lee Jones were roommates at Harvard.
The first actress known to wear trousers was Sarah Bernhardt in 1876.
Queen Victoria was the last teenager to rule England.
Most of us learned in school that the Magna Chart was signed in 1215 by King John. But it was not – the monarch could not write his name. He granted the Magna Charter by placing his seal on it.
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