October 18, 1947Off the western coast of Africa, Pacific OceanActress Eileen Isabella Ronnie “Gay” Gibson (21) is pushed through the porthole of a ship Gibson was traveling on the Durban Castle when she met deckhand James Camb (31) and began to associate with him. After several days of casual conversation, Camb visited Gibson’s cabin in…
Flight 19’s disappearance in the Bermuda Triangle
December 5, 1945 Bermuda Triangle A group of five torpedo bombers known collectively as Flight 19 disappear without a trace The bombers were returning from a navigation training flight to Fort Lauderdale, Florida when United States Navy Lieutenant Charles Carroll Taylor informed base his compasses were not functional and he did not know his location.…
“Such is fame”: young man jumps to death performing stunt at Niagara Falls
November 13, 1829 Niagara Falls Sam Patch free-jumps into the Falls, dying as a result Patch, who was reported to be around 20 years old, had been a daredevil for quite sometime and reveled in entertaining others by jumping from great heights. His fateful jump had not been his first, but rather his third, from…
A collection of veterans and their injuries
November 11 is the annual observation of Veteran’s Day, Remembrance Day (also called Poppy Day), and Armistice Day. It was chosen to commemorate the Armistice with Germany, marking the end of the hostilities in World War I, which went into effect on the eleventh minute of the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the…
Two men killed, war nearly started after tree trimmed
August 18, 1976 Korean Demilitarized Zone, Korean Peninsula A group of Korean Service Corps personnel from South Korea and a United Nations Command team are attacked by North Korean soldiers after attempting to trim a poplar tree The tree was obscuring the view between a UNC checkpoint and one of its observation posts. A team…
