This Year's Voice of a Generation

This Year's Voice of a Generation
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The handsome lord used his celebrity to woo and bed women—and some say men—from all walks of life, allegedly including his own half-sister. After he died of fever in … Meanwhile, he pioneered the Beat Generation and wrote several more books. When … Read more on Wall Street Journal

 

Today in History
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In 1936, H.R. Ekins of the New York World-Telegram beat out Dorothy Kilgallen of the New York Journal and Leo Kieran of The New York Times in a round-the-world race on commercial flights that lasted 18½ days. In 1944, the play ''I Remember Mama,'' by … Read more on Boston.com