Roy Sullivan was struck by lightning at least 8 different times.
Wreck of the Old 97
9 men died and 7 were injured in what became one of the most famous train wrecks in American history.
The Man Who Saved the World
Stanislav Petrov made a decision that may have averted a nuclear war - and possibly the end of the world as we know it.
Merchant Royal
One of the richest sunken treasures of all time found its way to the bottom of the Atlantic on this day.
Gunsmoke
With a 20-year run and 635 episodes, it stands as America's longest-running, prime time, live-action drama.
Evel's Skycycle
Evel Kenievel tried to jump Idaho's Snake River Canyon in a steam-powered rocket.
Disaster on the Thames
The SS Princess Alice, a fully-loaded passenger steamship, collided with the Bywell Castle, a cargo ship hauling coal.
The First Kodak Moment
Eastman’s criteria for a name were that it had to be “short and euphonious and likely to stick in the public’s mind.”
The Charleston Earthquake
All hell broke loose as one of the biggest quakes to ever hit the east coast left 60 people dead.
Scared to Death
Max Factor was a cosmetics pioneer who rose from rags to riches and became famous around the world.
Quebec Bridge
In 1907 two massive sections of the bridge snapped off and plunged over 300 feet into the Saint Lawrence River.
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
In 1996 Richard Jewell saved countless lives while working as a security guard during the Atlanta Olympics. A suspicious package he discovered contained the largest pipe-bomb in American history.
Manolete
On the day he died, the greatest matdor faced a venerable opponent descended from a deadly line of Miura bulls.
Crazy Drake
In 1859 a semi-retired train conductor named Edwin Drake engineered the world's first successful oil drilling operation.
Death by Cornflake
Lon Chaney is most remembered for his iconic roles as Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and as Erik in The Phantom of the Opera.
The Exploding Casino
It was the biggest homemade bomb explosion in U.S. history until the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
3,096 Days in the Cellar
An Austrian girl was held captive for 8 years by a creepy loner named Wolfgang Priklopil.
The Marichal Incident
One of the most infamous brawls in baseball history happened at Candlestick Park during a game between the San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Trotsky Gets the Axe
The exiled Russian Bolshevik was assassinated by a Soviet agent named Ramon Mercader.
Belka and Strelka
These were the first living creatures (that we know of) that journeyed into space and returned alive.