The sultry star of Batman and The Emperor's New Groove was given away by her mother and never knew her father.

But Eartha Kitt, who was born on 17 January 1927, had the toughest of childhoods. In History looks at how she transcended her troubled beginnings to become a star of stage and screen – and the ...

Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Those born on this date are under the sign of Capricorn. -- Douglas Wilder, first Black governor elected in ...

Today in Music History for Jan. 17: ...

Eartha - born Eartha Mae Keith - tragically passed away in December 2008 following a two-year battle with colon cancer. She left behind daughter Kitt Shapiro, 63. Eartha welcomed her daughter, known ...

Eartha - born Eartha Mae Keith - tragically passed away in December 2008 following a two-year battle with colon cancer. She left behind daughter Kitt Shapiro, 63. Eartha welcomed her daughter ...

Alpha Kappa Alpha, the first Black Greek letter sorority, is founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C., by Ethel Hedgeman Lyle of St. Louis, Mo. The sorority gradually branched ...

Cinema star Charlie Chaplin was born in 1889, and experienced a tough ... One-in-a-generation singer Eartha Kitt died of colon cancer aged 81, at home on Christmas Day, 2008.

and Eartha Kitt with a screenplay by Sachar himself. It follows main character Stanley Yelnats, who’s sent to a correctional facility when he’s falsely accused of theft. While he’s serving ...

The second leg of the WBGO All That Jazz series headlines Marion Meadows who celebrates his new album at the Hamilton Stage ...