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NYTIMES (Francesca Forquet) - Marilyn Monroe Fans Descended on Palm Springs For Her 100th Birthday

To honor her centennial, over 1,000 Marilyn Monroe fans came together to dress as the screen legend in Palm Springs, where her Hollywood career began.

NPR (Chris Klimek) - Before sci-fi was everywhere, this pioneering magazine championed 'scientifiction'

The name didn't stick. The fan communities did.

Amazing Stories hit newsstands in March of that year. The cover art by Frank R. Paul illustrated the Jules Verne tale "Off On a Comet."'/Open

NPR (Elizabeth Blair) - 'Movement never lies': 100 years of the Martha Graham Dance Company

Graham was a creative force in the performing arts. She wanted dance to express authentic, human emotions — a revolutionary idea in the late 1920s.

NYTIMES (Jonathan O’Callaghan) - Spaceflight Started 100 Years Ago in a Massachusetts Cabbage Patch

Before humanity sent satellites, telescopes, humans and weapons into space, Robert Goddard experimented with the first liquid-fueled rocket on his aunt’s farm.