by 65nation | May 11, 2026 | Nostalgia
This year would have been Marilyn Monroe’s 100th birthday. She was born on June 1, and the milestone has people looking back at what made her so unforgettable. One man who knew her personally has some answers. James Haspiel, now 88, first encountered Monroe when...
by 65nation | May 11, 2026 | Nostalgia
Behind nearly every great figure in history, there was a mother who pushed, shaped, or quietly laid the groundwork. Sometimes that influence was dramatic. Sometimes it was deeply personal. But it was almost always there. Here are six remarkable women whose children...
by 65nation | May 10, 2026 | Nostalgia
Saturday night. The TV is on. That familiar theme music is kicking in. If you watched Saturday Night Live back in the day, you know exactly what that feeling was like. The show has been making people laugh since 1975. And somewhere along the way, it stopped being just...
by 65nation | May 7, 2026 | Nostalgia
Ted Turner, the man who gave us CNN and changed the way the world gets its news, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 6. He was 87 years old and surrounded by his family. For our generation, Turner was a constant presence. He launched CNN in 1980 (the first...
by 65nation | May 6, 2026 | Nostalgia
Most of us remember exactly where we were when Princess Diana made headlines. She had that effect on people. So when she walked into the Met Gala on December 9, 1996, the whole room stopped. It was the only time Diana ever attended the famous fundraiser at the...
by 65nation | May 5, 2026 | Nostalgia
There are voices that just stop you cold. Randy Travis had one of them. That deep, warm baritone was unlike anything else on country radio in the 1980s, and this week, the man behind it turned 67. Travis was born on May 4, 1959, in Monroe, North Carolina. He grew up...
