The Peshtigo Fire: More devastating than the Great Chicago Fire, and it happened on the same day
Gabriela Mistral was the first Latin American writer to receive the Nobel Prize for literature
Jazz Age party queen Zelda Fitzgerald died in a fire whilst sedated & locked in a room waiting for her electroshock therapy
John Cazale, the actor who appeared in only five movies, all nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award
In Victorian London, small green huts built to prevent horse drawn cab drivers from drinking on duty
Britain: The Principality of Sealand a pirate “micro-state” & band of Dutch & German mercenaries armed with assault rifles and charged the platform with a speedboat, jet skis, & helicopters
A castle built by the Moors, taken by the Vikings, and conquered by the King of Portugal
Winchester Mystery House – Home to the spirits of those killed with Winchester Rifles
After 16 months of chemotherapy, Terry Fox ran a marathon of 3,107 miles with an amputated leg
Bronze Age war: Study of oldest battlefield in Europe suggests 2,000 fighters, some of them mercenaries
