Glenn Miller was a renowned bandleader during the swing era. Then he played for the allied troops in WWII. Then he vanished. The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesGlenn Miller on drums in 1943.
He was a bandleader, composer, trombonist, and the center of one of the most mysterious disappearances in modern history.
Glenn Miller was born in Iowa in 1904 and began practicing music at an early age. He started with the mandolin before switching to the horn. Read More...
For centuries, the process of making hakarl has been the same, allowing for the preparation of the dish to become as much a part of history as the dish itself. A National Geographic video explores making Iceland’s national dish, Hakarl. The national dish of Iceland, Kæster Hákarl or hakarl for short, is one that is not for the faint of heart. Anthony Bourdain once described it as “the single worst, most disgusting and terrible tasting thing” that he had ever eaten, and Gordon Ramsay couldn’t even swallow it: Read More...
John Belushi died in Los Angeles on March 5, 1982 after drug dealer Cathy Smith injected him with a lethal combination of cocaine and heroin known as a "speedball."On March 5, 1982, John Belushi died at just 33 after injecting heroin and cocaine at the Chateau Marmont, a shadowy gothic hotel that looms over West Hollywood’s famous Sunset Strip. Although John Belushi’s death marked the abrupt end of his career as an actor, comedian, and musician, it came as no surprise to those who knew him best. Read More...
