(Fox News) – There are many iconic and infamous homes in Los Angeles, but rarely do they appear on the market. That might be the reason one home in Bel Air is attracting so much attention from potential buyers, developers, and fans alike.
Forbes reports this particular Bel Air mansion was reportedly once owned by socialite and actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, and was rumored to have been occupied by playboy and aviator Howard Hughes, and King of Rock-and-Roll Elvis Presley — and it’s on the market for $23.4 million.
On this day in 1945, the United States detonated the first atomic bomb in a test at Alamogordo, NM.
On this day in 1973, Alexander P. Butterfield informed the Senate committee investigating the Watergate affair of the existence of President Nixon’s recorded White House tapes.
Alexander Porter Butterfield testifying before the Senate committee.
It was on this day in 1999.
On this day in 1969, Apollo 11 blasted off from Cape Kennedy, FL, and began the first manned mission to land on the moon.
The Apollo 11 lunar landing mission crew, from left to right, Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, command module pilot; and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot.
After a highly publicized six-week jury trial, Martha Stewart was found guilty in March 2004 of felony charges of conspiracy, obstruction of an agency proceeding, and making false statements to the federal investigators, and was sentenced July 16, 2004 to serve a five-month term in a federal correctional facility and supervised release for a two-year period (to include five months of electronic monitoring)
Inmates sit in their bunks at a women’s prison in Alabama.
Recently discovered mummies seen in a mummification workshop.
Cairo (AP) – Archaeologists in Egypt stumbled upon a new discovery dating back to more than 2,500 years ago near Egypt’s famed pyramids at an ancient necropolis south of Cairo.
The discovery on Saturday, which includes a mummification workshop and a shaft, used as a communal burial place, is located at the Saqqara necropolis of Memphis, the first capital of ancient Egypt.
A news conference in front of the step pyramid of Saqqara, in Giza where Archaeologists say they have discovered a mummification workshop.
On this day in 1789, the French Revolution began when Parisians stormed the Bastille prison and released seven prisoners inside.
Outlaw “Billy The Kid” (William H. Bonney) was gunned down by Sheriff Pat Garrett (below) on this day in 1881.
Richard Benjamin Speck (December 6, 1941 – December 5, 1991)
Richard Speck murdered student nurses in Chicago (below) on the night’s of July 13–14, 1966.
Guarded by detectives, Corazon Amurao arrives at the courthouse in Peoria to testify as the state’s chief witness against mass murderer Richard Speck on April 5, 1967.
The American space probe Mariner 4 flew by Mars, and sent back photographs of the planet (below) on this day in 1965.
Woodrow Wilson Guthrie (July 14, 1912 – October 3, 1967)
singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie was one of the most significant figures in American folk music; his songs, including social justice songs, such as "This Land Is Your Land", have inspired several generations both politically and musically. He wrote hundreds of political, folk, and children’s songs, along with ballads and improvised works.
Guthrie died of complications of Huntington’s disease on October 3, 1967. By the time of his death, his work had been discovered by a new audience, introduced to them through Dylan, Pete Seeger, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, his ex-wife Marjorie and other new members of the folk revival, and his son Arlo (below).
