BIOGRAPHY

Mary Lou Retton is a retired American gymnast who won five medals, including gold in the all-around competition, at the 1984 Olympics.

Actress Barbara Eden made magic as a bottled-up genie in the TV sitcom ‘I Dream of Jeannie.’

Christopher Nolan is an Academy Award-winning movie director and screenwriter who’s helmed several hit films, including Inception, The Dark Knight, Interstellar, and Oppenheimer.

Lisa Kudrow is an Emmy Award-winning actress best known for playing the role of Phoebe on the sitcom ‘Friends.’ She has also starred on the TV comedies ‘Web Therapy’ and ‘The Comeback.’

Claude McKay was a Jamaican poet best known for his novels and poems, including “If We Must Die,” which contributed to the Harlem Renaissance.

Actress Elizabeth Taylor starred in films like ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ and ‘Butterfield 8’ but was just as famous for her violet eyes and scandalous love life.

In 1971, D.B. Cooper hijacked a flight for a $200,000 ransom, then disappeared after parachuting from the plane. The case remains the only unsolved commercial airline hijacking.

George Washington, a Founding Father of the United States, led the Continental Army to victory in the Revolutionary War and was America’s first president.

Jenni Rivera is best known for making hit albums singing in Spanish and producing several reality TV series featuring her family.

Painter Frida Kahlo was a Mexican artist who was married to Diego Rivera and is still admired as a feminist icon.