The virtuoso guitarist was known for his unique blend of country, rockabilly, blues, and jazz.

The Japanese physician and pathologist created the world's only known collection of tattoos taken from dead bodies.

Considered one of the greatest NFL players of all time, the Pro Football Hall of Famer and three-time MVP spent much of his playing career with the Baltimore Colts.

One of many Westerns that populated television in the late 1950s, Black Saddle aired for two seasons from 1959 to 1960, starring future Big Valley regular Peter Breck as a gunfighter turned lawyer in the post-Civil War Southwest.

In June 1994, Vince McMahon, then chairman of the World Wrestling Federation (now World Wrestling Entertainment), was charged with supplying illegal anabolic steroids to his wrestlers. He was found not guilty a month later.

The NASCAR Hall of Famer won over a dozen races in a career spanning more than 30 years.

Fast facts about music legends Bing Crosby and Eddy Arnold.

Known for his enormous size, the NFL player spent the majority of his playing career with the Chicago Bears, and once set a record for the heaviest player to score a touchdown at 335 lbs (152 kg). 

One of TV's longest-running Western series, and loosely based on the classic novel by Owen Wister, The Virginian was the first television Western to run 90 minutes rather than 30 or 60 (except a 30-minute pilot had been filmed in 1958, but was never picked up).

The professional wrestler was a nine-time NWA* World Light Heavyweight Champion and became a famous wrestling manager in his later years. 

*the National Wrestling Association, not the later National Wrestling Alliance