The word “whipping” in American history makes people think of a harsh and scary punishment from the past. It was a cruel thing to do that hurt a lot of people physically and emotionally. Whipping is the act of hitting a person using particular tools such whips, rods, switches, the cat o’ nine tails, the sjambok, the knout, and so…
Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko, better known as Natalie Wood, was born on July 20, 1938, in San Francisco, California. She was always going to be amazing. She would go on to become one of Hollywood’s most famous and loved actresses, winning over fans with her beauty, talent, and charm. Natalie’s path into the world of entertainment began when she was just…
Elizabeth Taylor was a British-American actress who was born in 1932. In the early 1940s, she started out as a child actress. By the 1950s, she was one of the most famous actresses of classical Hollywood movies. She went on to become the highest-paid movie star of the 1960s and became a well-known public figure for the rest of her…
June Wilkinson is a name that stands out in the world of glamor and beauty, where beauty is everything. Wilkinson wowed audiences in the late 1950s and early 1960s with her stunning appearance and obvious charm. She became one of the most photographed ladies of the time, receiving the distinction of “the most photographed nude in America.” Wilkinson’s rise to…
Hachiko, a dog who was always loyal, turned Tokyo’s Shibuya train station into the stage for his daily vigil from 1925 to 1935, hoping against hope that his dead owner would come back. Hachiko wasn’t simply a pet; he was the loyal friend of a university professor who waited for him to come home from work at the local train…
The saying “Behind every great man, there’s an even better woman” has a disturbing meaning when used to describe some of history’s worst people. Women who stood next to dictators like Joseph Stalin, Saddam Hussein, Pol Pot, and Francisco Franco often became caught up in the chaotic tides of ambition, ideology, and oppression. Some actively supported their partners’ governments, while…
On the morning of September 11, 2001, the United States seemed like the safest place in the world to live. Since the bombing of Pearl Harbor six decades earlier, the country had not been attacked on its own soil. It looked like war was something that happened in other places. That might be what made the huge terrorist assaults that…
Christopher J. McCandless, who went by the name Alexander Supertramp, is still one of the most controversial adventurers of our time. His adventure into the Alaskan tundra and terrible death have made many people think about their own lives and ideals. Some people consider McCandless as a visionary transcendentalist who had the courage to go against the grain and look…
Dina Sanichar’s life was full with sadness and loneliness. He was found as a small boy in the Indian jungle and reared by wolves. He had a hard time adjusting to life with people. He never learned to speak or connect with other people in a meaningful way, even though people tried to teach him how to do so. He…
In the summer of 1978, a normal helicopter trip over the thick forests of southern Siberia led to one of the most amazing discoveries in contemporary Russian history. A pilot was checking out the rough terrain near the Mongolian border to find landing spots for a party of geologists when he saw something strange at the basin of the Abakan…