Considered one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, the WWE Hall of Famer would become known for his powerful physique and in-ring skills.

The politician, diplomat, and lawyer served as Union general in the American Civil War and later governor of New Mexico territory, and wrote the best-selling novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.

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The first African American to reach the rank of four-star general in the U.S. Armed Forces, the fighter pilot spent his entire career in the Air Force, only to step down in early 1978, weeks before his premature death from a heart attack at age 58.

On February 9, 1964, the Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time, which came to be called a cultural watershed that launched Beatlemania and the British Invasion.

Correction: The first time American TV viewers got a glimpse of the Fab Four was during a report by Edwin Newman on NBC's The Huntley-Brinkley Report (November 18, 1963).

One of the architects of hardcore wrestling, the two-time heavyweight champion garnered attention for his "wildman" look and brawling style.

The rock singer-songwriter, known as "The Godfather of Shock Rock", has sold records by the millions in his six-decade career.

Fast facts about legendary crooners Robert Goulet and Bing Crosby.

(This is a minor revision. Goulet and Elvis Presley didn't actually dislike one another.)

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The wrestler turned WWE executive found fame as Brother Love in the 1980s, taking on a Southern evangelist-type gimmick.