THOMAS EDISON - "Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration," Thomas Edison once told Harper's magazine. With more than a thousand patents to his name, the inventor and entrepreneur embodied the American dream and inspired generations of scientists. DIANE KEATON - Movie stars have always had an influence on fashion. In the late 70s there were hordes of women seen wearing baggy pants, loose ties and waistcoats...and it was all because of this actress Diane Keaton. And the secret of her success? PELE - A giant in the soccer (football) world and a legend in his own time, Edson Arantes Do Nascimento, known to his adoring fans as Pele, was born in 1940 to an impoverished Sao Paulo family. He was only 15 when he joined professional club, Santos, becoming one of the greatest players the game had ever seen. FRIDA KAHLO - Despite Diego Rivera's towering reputation as one of Mexico's greatest artists and a brilliant political mural painter, Frida Kahlo too is a household name in the world of art. MIKHAIL GORBACHEV - PART 1 - In the late 1980s, the world was riveted by images of the American and Soviet presidents as friends rather than mortal enemies. And the major reason for this thaw in diplomatic relations was, Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
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