The world's oldest cat was an English tabby named Ma.
Genie
She was mostly silent, and she moved in a strange bunny walk where she held her hands out in front of her like paws.
Greensboro Massacre
5 members of the Communist Workers Party were shot dead by members of the Ku Klux Klan.
The Grinning Man
Late one night, a UFO stops a car on the interstate and a tall grinning stranger emerges.
The Hammond Wreck
An engineer on a troop transport train fell asleep and rammed his engine through a circus train that had stopped on the tracks.
Biggest Turtle
This amazingly large leatherback measured 9 feet from snout to tail and he weighed over 2000 pounds.
Death of a Bigot
George Lincoln Rockwell was the founder of the American Nazi Party. He believed that all blacks should be shipped back to Africa and that all the Jews should be sterilized.
Crazy Pat
A U.S. Postal worker named Patrick Sherrill shot and killed 14 of his fellow employees.
Hero Boiled Alive
Others warned him not to dive in, but he told them, "Like hell I won't!"
Outbreak
In 1976, Air Force veteran Ray Brennan became the first of 34 people to die from a mysterious illness at a Legionnaire's convention in Philadelphia.
Royal Killer of Kathmandu
Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal went on a killing spree during a royal family get together.
Le Paradis Massacre
97 British troops were gunned down in cold blood after they surrendered to German forces.
Death on the Dance Floor
A crowded dance floor at a wedding celebration collapsed and pancaked through 3 floors of a poorly constructed building. 23 people died and 380 were injured.
Broken Machines
Two wealthy teenagers from Chicago set out to commit the perfect murder.
Jim Corbett
During a 30-year career, Corbett hunted down tigers and leopards that had killed more than 1,200 men, women and children.
Exxon Valdez
Estimates are that as many 250,000 sea birds, 2,800 sea otters, 300 harbor seals, 247 bald eagles and billions of salmon eggs were killed.
Death by Chandelier
A counterweight had failed and the 6-ton baroque behemoth came crashing down. The incident would inspire Gaston Leroux to write The Phantom of the Opera.
Burst of Joy
Associated Press photographer, Slava "Sal" Veder snapped a photo that would become an iconic symbol of America's healing in the wake of the Vietnam War.
Nugget Man
Robert C. Baker invented some of the most popular fast food items of all time.
The Great White Hurricane
A huge mother of all storms struck the east coast in 1888.