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Music, Baseball and New Orleans Pride: Louis Armstrong’s Forgotten Team, the Secret Nine
In 1931, New Orleans threw a party for Satchmo. There was jazz, there was baseball, and there was a team in white uniforms called the Secret Nine. Discover the story of Louis Armstrong Day and his lifelong love of the game.
Mona (Marilyn) Monroe – The $10 an Hour Pin Up Model Who Became a Legend
Before she was Marilyn, she was “Mona” — a nineteen year old model earning $10 an hour in Earl Moran’s studio. Those early photos, once just reference material, now reveal the quiet beginnings of Hollywood’s most enduring icon.
The Gunpowder Plot of 1605: How Robert Catesby and Guy Fawkes Tried to Blow Up Parliament
On 5 November 1605, Guy Fawkes waited in a cellar below Parliament with 36 barrels of gunpowder. A letter exposed the plan — and changed England forever. Discover the full story of faith, fire, and the night that made Bonfire Night.
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