Shavarsh Karapetyan was just finishing a 12-mile run when he heard the crash of a trolley bus.

38 people were killed and over 300 were seriously injured.

As the rocket streaked across the sky at over 12,000 miles an hour, a mysterious saucer-shaped object began circling the missile.

The pitcher was on the mound when a swarm of gnats created a black cloud around him.

She was a groundbreaking dancer and a fervently unconventional woman.

A railroad worker suffered a gruesome injury that would become a landmark case in the understanding of the human brain.

In 1899, a man stepped off a New York streetcar and into the history books.

Seven people had a famous encounter with the Flatwoods Monster. It's one of the most celebrated UFO incidents of all time.

The large canopy above the King of Hungary collapsed, killing him instantly.

An object about the size of a small car slammed into the moon.

Commodore Perry met the British in the Battle of Lake Erie.

It was a moth that had wedged itself into the machine's relays.

His death came after weeks of suffering in agony following a freak accident on his horse.

The mission was to drop two incendiary bombs in hopes of igniting a massive forest fire.

It’s the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history.

Sometimes called Tasmanian Tigers, these odd critters were one of the largest carnivorous marsupials.

President McKinley had given away his lucky charm, a red carnation, to a little girl who asked for the souvenir.

Feeling betrayed, his last words were, “Let me go my friends. You have got me hurt enough.”

The way it ended was surprisingly anticlimactic.

It was big day for party poopers.