Baryshnikov Defects
With an eye toward creativity and freedom Mikhail Baryshnikov, in 1974, became the third Russian ballet star to defect. During the last performance while on tour in Toronto, Baryshnikov snuck out the back door of the O’Keefe Theater and hid at a country house north of Toronto. He debuted with the American Ballet Theatre a little more than month later on July 27.
Khrushchev's U.N. Outbursts
The infamous “shoe banging” incident happened during the U.N. General Assembly meeting in ... more
Race to the South Pole
It was a race to discover “untouched land”: the South Pole. Two teams, one led by British ... more
