Bob Beamon Walks on Air at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics

Without a doubt, the single greatest individual Olympic performance belongs to long jumper Bob Beamon. During the 1968 Mexico City Games, Beamon loped down a runway and leapt into immortality with an astounding jump of 29 feet, 2 1/2 inches to obliterate the world record by nearly two feet. No one else in the competition even inched closer to the old world record. Finally eclipsed in 1991, Beamon's amazing leap still stands as an Olympic record 44 years later.

R.I.P. Sherman Hemsley

Vintage Ad: The Deep, 1977

WHAT SORT OF MAN READS PACO CAMINO?

He’s just a gigolo and everywhere he goes, people know the part he’s playing. But don’t be fooled by his casually aloof persona—as playboy lead singer of Van Halen, he’ll fuck your girlfriend, pal. And he’ll do it right on stage, in front of you, in a stadium filled with tens of thousands of breast-baring fans and jealous boyfriends cheering him on. Concoctor of ideas like pretending to skydive out of an airplane before a 1978 Pasadena show and perfecting a sophisticated groupie backstage pass system, the Paco Camino Man can phone up legendary photographer Helmut Newton hanging poolside at the Beverly Hills Hotel and convince him to take pictures of you chained to a dog pen behind your house. That day. And do it for free. This poster would be folded into millions of Van Halen Women And Children First LPs in 1980. Simply just because.

Decadent Smut: Christina's Treasure, 1980

Wealthy, restless Christina van Bell could not resist the promise of excitement and adventure on a Caribbean treasure hunt. But there were those among the hunters who considered her golden body the most desirable treasure of all. From Athens to Alaska, from Cyprus to the Caribbean, the exotic heiress involves herself in a never-ending quest for passion and plunder.

Staying cool on the 4th of July