Jim Reeves was one of the smoothest crooners on the airwaves in the fifties and early sixties. His velvety voice helped establish the Nashville Sound.
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.
Death in Managua
Sandinista rebels were on the cusp of taking control of Nicaragua’s capital city, Managua. Bill Stewart was a 37-year-old reporter covering the civil war for ABC.
Death at the Hyatt
114 people were killed and over 200 were injured when an elevated walkway collapsed at the Hyatt Regency in Kansas City, Missouri.
Miss Macao
In 1948, 25 people died in the first known hijacking of a commercial plane.
"We begin bombing in 5 minutes."
In 1984, President Reagan improvised a Cold War joke that caused at least one division of the Soviet Army to go on alert.
Le Paradis Massacre
97 British troops were gunned down in cold blood after they surrendered to German forces.
Frog Invasion
A massive migration of frogs closed off a major Greek highway as "millions" of the amphibians massed on the roadway.
Squalus Goes Down
The sub plummeted 243 feet and slammed into the ocean floor.
Columbus and the Eclipse
Stranded in Jamaica and on the brink of starvation, Christopher Columbus hatched an ingenious plan.
The Flying Lawnmower Incident
A 40-pound airplane shaped like a lawnmower took off from the endzone and veered over the crowd.
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.
Royal Killer of Kathmandu
Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal went on a killing spree during a royal family get together.
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.
Outlaw Mummy
For 60 years, the mummified body of a western bandit made the rounds through a neverending series of state fairs, wax museums and haunted houses.