Rodney King

Submitted by: Bob Sacamano

Rodney King made a big splash into the public consiousness in 1991 by being in the wrong place at the wrong time (and the wrong colour of skin) as he was brutally beaten by LA Police officers who were unwittingly being video taped the entire time. Before it was over a sensational media fracas dragged […]

Last news on: March 24, 2001
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Idi Amin

Submitted by: Bob Sacamano

Idi Amin ruled Uganda with an Iron Fist from 1971 to 1979 and is held responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Ugandans.

Last news on: March 23, 2001
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Rula Lenska

Submitted by: Bob Sacamano

Rula Lenska did beauty commercials (can’t remember what product [webmaster: many readers have pointed out the product was Alberto VO5]), she came onto set in a Loretta Young-type swish, saying “I’m Rula Lenska, the famous actress from …(Romania, Czechoslovakia?) She almost attained cult-like status, because no one had ever heard of her before the commercial. […]

Last news on: January 7, 2001
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