In 1925 Eve Adams opened a small tearoom in Greenwich Village where lesbian women could gather openly. She also wrote one of the earliest books about lesbian life in America. Within a year she was arrested and deported. In 1943 she was murdered in Auschwitz.

For nearly 30 years after World War II ended, Japanese soldier Hiroo Onoda continued fighting in the jungles of Lubang Island in the Philippines. Convinced the war had not ended, he finally surrendered in March 1974 after receiving a direct order from his former commander.

On 5 March 1982, comedian John Belushi was found dead in a bungalow at the Chateau Marmont. In the hours before his death, Robert De Niro and Robin Williams had both briefly visited. The story of one of Hollywood's most tragic nights.