Born on this day September 18, 1905 in Stockholm, Sweden as Greta Lovisa Gustafsson to Anna Lovisa Johansson and Karl Alfred Gustafsson who died when she was only fourteen years old. The loss of her father forced Greta and her two siblings to quit school and go to work to help out the family, she started work as a lather girl in a barbershop, then as a clerk at a department store and was soon modeling in newspaper ads for that store. This led to some advertising films, then to her first real film role in the movie Peter The Tramp in 1922. In the next two years she would gain acting experience with her study at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, have a major role in the film, Gosta Berlings Saga in 1924 and get her stage name, Greta Garbo. She then starred in two more Swedish films, then one in Germany, The Joyless Street in 1925 at the age of eighteen. Greta would make it to the United States of America and star in a few more silent films, the best known of these, Flesh and the Devil in 1926, The Temptress in 1926 and Love in 1927. She was a huge success when “talkie” movies started and she would not be one of the many silent film stars left behind, her last silent film was The Kiss in 1929. Garbo’s low husky voice with her Swedish accent was first heard in the movie Anna Christie in 1930, which was promoted with the slogan “Garbo Talks.” She would get nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance. Also in 1930, she filmed the movie Romance and then in 1931 the movie Susan Lenox with Clark Gable which led to her title role in 
Mata Hari also in 1931. She would show another great performance in the hit movie Grand Hotel in 1932 which won the Best Picture Oscar. In 1935 she made the movie Anna Karenina and gave the performance of a lifetime, until she starred in Camille in 1936 and her performance was called by some the finest ever recorded on film. She stared in the movie Ninotchka in 1939 before making her last film in 1941, Two Faced Woman. After World War II Greta would retire and felt her films had their rightful place in history. She became a naturalized citizen of the United States of America in 1951. Greta Garbo was ranked as the fifth greatest female star of all time by the American Film Institute. She was given an Honorary Oscar “for her unforgettable screen performances” in 1955. At the age of eighty-four Greta died on April 15, 1990.– There are two quotes I found from many that I think sum up the toughness, Greta must have had to have, to be the huge star she was, always in the public eye, never left alone. Her quotes also show the loneliness that must also come with that kind of fame. “There are many things in your heart you can never tell a person. They are you, your private joys and sorrows, and you can never tell them. You cheapen yourself, the inside of yourself, when you tell them.” and “Life would be so wonderful if we only knew what to do with it.” Greta Garbo
Born September 16, 1958 as Jennifer E. Chan in Los Angeles, California to Harry Chan and Patricia Tilly. After her mother and father divorced, she moved with her mother to British Columbia, Canada and was raised with her three other siblings by her mother and step father John Ward. Her sister is the actress Meg Tilly. Jennifer started with appearances on television shows before her big role in the movie, 
The Fabulous Baker Boys in 1989, when she had a part written just for her. She has appeared in more than eighty movies between 1984 and 2006 such as The Doors in 1991, The Getaway in 1994, Bullets Over Broadway in 1994 when she was nominated for an Academy Award. She also appeared in Bound in 1996, Liar Liar in 1997, Bride of Chucky in 1989 and you may recognize her from her more recent role in Seed of Chucky in 2004. You might have also seen her around a poker table or two, which seems to be her new hobby in life but it is much more than just a hobby. Tilly won a World Series Poker bracelet and $158,625 in 2005 playing in the Ladies No Limit Texas Hold ‘Em tournament, so she is not just eye candy as the phrase goes. However she is very beautiful and exotic looking. It seems like she has given acting a break, in order to pursue her poker career and has won over $340,000 in tournament winnings so far. She is also in a relationship with one of poker’s best professionals ”The Unabomber,” Phil Laak.
siblings. At the age of 16 Fay played her first part in the movie Gasoline Love in 1923. She wouldn’t appear in her next movie, Coast Patrol, until almost two years later. Wray made four more movies in 1926 and her career was starting to look promising. In 1927 she did three more movies before she would get a lead role in the hit movie The Wedding March. Moving from silent movies, Wray, having a pleasant voice was one of few who went on to make “talkie” movies. In 1933 Fay appeared in eleven movies such as The Big Brain, Ann carvers Profession and the movie that is remembered to this day, King Kong where she played Ann Darrow, Kong’s love interest. She was getting top movies offered to her and made eleven more films in 1934. As more actresses started popping up she was being offered fewer jobs, she did make a big movie in 1942 named Not a Ladies Man but would not act in another movie until Treasure of the Golden Condor in 1953. She appeared in a few films in the 1950’s but no big hits, her last movie, except for a couple documentaries, was Gideon’s Trumpet in 1980. Fay died August 8, 2004, being remembered forever as King Kong’s first love.
The F-86 Sabre started out as a straight wing jet fighter, the XJ Fury. Incorporating technologies captured from the Germans, the F-86 Sabre would be the first swept-wing jet fighter for the US. Because the pilot had to be in visual contact to shoot the enemy down with six 50 caliber machine guns, the F-86 was known as the last true dogfighter. On October 1, 1947 the F-86 made its first flight and was delivered to the Air Force in 1948 and on this day September 15, 1948 an F-86A set the world aircraft speed record of 1080 kph. The F-86 would rule ”Mig Alley” over the Russian Mig-15 when it was introduced into the Korean conflict. This jet is my personal favorite of all jets, although I am partial to the World War II fighters such as the Mustang. Thanks to 
On November 12, 1929 Grace Patricia Kelly was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA, the third of four children to John and Margaret Kelly. Her Father was an Olympic Gold Medal winner, a self made millionaire and even worked for President Franklin Roosevelt during World War II, as the National Director of Physical Fitness. Grace decided she wanted to become an actor at a young age and at the age of 12 she played the lead role in a school play, Don’t Feed The Animals. She worked as a model and actor in New York and had her debut in the play, The Father. At the age of nineteen she performed in The Philadelphia Story, before she would have big success on live television which led her to star with Gary Cooper in the movie High Noon in 1952. Grace would then appear in the movie Mogambo, which would win her an Academy Award nomination and a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress. After her success in Mogambo, she would do a television play before doing a string of Alfred Hitchcock films including, Dial M for Murder in 1954, Rear Window in 1954 and The Country Girl which won her the Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in 1954. She would star in the movie To Catch a Thief in 1955, The Swan and High Society, both in 1956. Before Grace made the movie
The Swan, she met Prince Rainier III while heading the US delegation at the Canes Film Festival. After their meeting Grace and the Prince had privately kept in touch, then in December Prince Rainier made a trip to America. It was said to be a business trip but when he was asked if he was pursuing a wife, he replied “No.” A second question was asked, “If you were pursuing a wife, what kind would you like?” Rainier smiled and answered, “I don’t know, the best.” He found the best and “The Wedding of the Century” was set for April 19, 1956. Grace Kelly became “Her Serene Highness The Princess of Monaco,” but was generally known as Princess Gracia Patricia of Monaco. Sadly as much of a fairy tale as her life had been, it would not end like one. Princess Grace died in an automobile accident on this day September 14, 1982.
