It would become the largest maritime disaster of World War II.

Thomas Selfridge eagerly volunteered as a passenger aboard a plane flown by Orville Wright.

38 people were killed and 143 were seriously injured.

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

The Dodgers were leading the Cubs 2-0 at Ebbets Field. Kirby Higbe was on the mound for the Dodgers in the sixth inning when a swarm of gnats created a black cloud around him.

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

Isadora Duncan was a groundbreaking dancer and a fervently unconventional woman. She died in a dramatic freak accident.

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

In 1899, a real estate broker named Henry Bliss 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.

Bela, King of Hungary, died an unusual death. As he sat on his throne the large canopy above him collapsed, killing him instantly.

With a 20-year run and 635 episodes, it stands as America's longest-running, prime time, live-action drama.

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

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

Evel Kenievel tried to jump Idaho's Snake River Canyon in a steam-powered rocket.

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.”

It was big day for party poopers.

The SS Princess Alice, a fully-loaded passenger steamship, collided with the Bywell Castle, a cargo ship hauling coal.