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Three years after Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier in 1947, the world of tennis saw its own segregated traditionalism under siege. Thanks to a young woman from Harlem — a fierce competitor with a forehand forged on the Police Athletic League playgrounds — delaying integration was no longer feasible. Althea Gibson had […]
The Netflix drama saw tensions between Britain and Egypt worsen with Prime Minister Anthony Eden (played by Jeremy Northam) lying to Queen Elizabeth II (Claire Foy) about his collusion in the conflict. In The Crown, the Suez Criss led to the downfall of Eden and his Conservative government and left the Queen furious. But what […]
MONTEREY, Calif. – There’s a new car on the podium. RM Sotheby’s auctioned the 1956 Aston Martin DBR1 race car, chassis no. 1, for $ 22,550,000. That makes it the most-expensive British car ever sold at auction, according to Sotheby’s, let alone the most-expensive Aston Martin. It surpasses the previous high, set least year, by […]
Aston Martin’s 1956 DBR1 racing car is the firm’s equivalent to the Ferrari 250 GTO and Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR. Just five were built between 1956 and 1958 and this is chassis number one, a purpose-built model developed by racing design chief, Ted Cutting. DBR1/1 was designed to win at Le Mans, debuting at the 1956 […]
