Sir Edmund Hillary ...we became the first people to reach the summit of Mt Everest in 1953
Fred Astaire ...we tapped and ball-room danced together over the course of nine black & white feature films for RKO Pictures from 1933 to 1939
James Watson ...we discovered the double helix structure of DNA in 1953
Susan B. Anthony ...we partnered for decades in the 19th century, forming the Women’s Loyal National League and National Woman Suffrage Association, championing equal rights of African-Americans and Women
Michael Jackson ...we collaborated as artist and producer for the blockbuster and genre-melding popular albums 'Off the Wall', 'Thriller', and 'Bad'
Edward VIII ...we married in 1937 in a small cermony in Monts, France, in the wake of a divorce and a rather prominent abdication the previous year
Larry Page ...we developed PageRank at Stanford University in 1996, the initial algorithm that later became the foundation for Google
Roger Maris ...we chased Babe Ruth’s then-record of 60 MLB home runs in a single season in 1961 as Yankee teammates, with me totaling 61 round-trippers to his 54
Nelson Mandela ...we launched 'The Elders' in 2007, a group of global leaders committed to peace and human rights
Johnny Cash ...we lit up the country music world in the mid-sixties, with hits such as 'It Ain't Me, Babe' and Grammy Award-winning 'Jackson'
Neil Armstrong ...we landed the 'Eagle' from Apollo 11 and became the first humans to walk on the moon in 1969
Tyne Daly ...we co-starred in the TV Show “Cagney & Lacey”, for which our roles earned us every Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series from 1983 to 1988
Frida Kahlo ...we painted each other countless times over the course of 25 years as one of art history's most famous couples, within our overall works as eccentric, but significant, 20th century masters
Albert Einstein ...we published the joint paper known as 'Outline of a Generalized Theory of Relativity and of a Theory of Gravitation' in 1913, which was a precursor to the final theory of general relativity
Sir Elton John ...we composed 'Candle in the Wind' in 1973 in honor of Marilyn Monroe, two decades prior to the 1997 re-write dedicated to Diana which became the 2nd-highest selling physical single recording ever
Menachem Begin ...we 'secretly' met at the the 'Camp David Accords' in 1978, for which our negotiations earned the Nobel Peace Prize, and led to the signing of our treaty the following year
Christopher Dean ...we ice-danced to the tune of Ravel’s 'Bolero', for which we received the first-ever perfect score for artistic impression, en route to the gold medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics
A. A. Milne ...we collaborated as writer and illustrator of the beloved children's book 'Winnie-the-Pooh' in 1926
David Crane ...we created the TV show Friends, which premiered in 1994 and became one of the most successful sitcoms of all time
Helen Keller ...we paired up as teacher & pupil, leading to her learning to read braille, do multiplication tables and use sign language, prior to her becoming the first deaf-blind person to graduate from college in the US
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