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In 1966, Roberta Gibb was the first woman to ever run a marathon. After being rejected from the Boston Marathon because ‘women were not physiologically capable of running the distance’ she hid near the starting line, and finished in 3 hours, 21 minutes

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High school yearbook photo of Kirstie Alley. Before her acting career, she won as a contestant on a game show and used the money to relocate to Los Angeles and pursue acting, Wichita, Kansas, 1960s

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Lucille and Desi eloped in 1940 in Greenwich, Connecticut. Desi was scheduled to perform at the Roxy Theater in New York that night and this photo shows him carrying his new bride into his dressing room

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Grace Jones and Liza Minnelli were both legendary regulars at Studio 54, and performed live disco acts during its peak, 1980s

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