One of the most comical events in the Revolutionary War occurred on Jan. 6, 1778. And a famous poem was written about it. That poem called out adultery. (see the *** stanza) The British captured Philadelphia in 1777. It was a low moment in the American Revolution. In the Read more…
Charles Stratton was born on Jan. 4, 1838 and went on to become one of the most famous persons in the world and he still is the most famous little person in history. In 1842, P.T. Barnum hired four year-old Charles Stratton who was a little person standing 25 inches Read more…
Hedy Lamarr was born on Nov. 9, 1914 in Austria to Jewish parents. She went on to become “the most beautiful woman in the world.” At age 5, she took apart a music box and reassembled it. Her love of inventing was born. But she became more famous as Read more…
One of the toughest men ever to grace planet Earth was born on Jan. 1, 1920. Basil Plumley enlisted in the Army on March 31, 1942 at age 22. He became a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne. He made four combat drops in WWII – Sicily, Salerno, D-Day, and Read more…