Two men survived being lost at sea for 6 months aboard a 13-foot dinghy.
Girl of Yde
A team of peatcutters uncovered the body of a young girl who had been in the marsh for 1,700 years.
Bradford Soccer Disaster
The main stands at Valley Parade Stadium burst into flames during a match between Bradford City and Lincoln City.
The Phantom Canoe of Doom
The Maori tradition was to strap their dead chiefs in an upright position and set them adrift.
Sunshine Skyway Disaster
A 600-foot freighter slammed into a pier beneath the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Tampa Bay, Florida. 1,400 feet of the bridge collapsed and 35 people were killed
Rod Stewart is Carjacked
The singer was standing next to his $50,000 Porsche when a gunman demanded the keys.
Teenage Sniper
16-year-old Michael Andrew Clark climbed to the top of a hill overlooking Highway 101 outside Orcutt, California. When the sun came up he began shooting at cars.
Snuppy
The controversial veterinarian and researcher who brought Snuppy to life has since founded a company that clones dogs for about $100,000 a pop.
Judy Garland Returns
In 1961, Judy Garland returned from a critically acclaimed European tour with a new lease on life. When she took to the stage at Carnegie Hall she looked great and sounded even better.
Jim Corbett
During a 30-year career, Corbett hunted down tigers and leopards that had killed more than 1,200 men, women and children.
Señor Wences
He amazed his audiences with the wide range of voices and the speed at which he could transition between them.
Father of the Zip
Phillip Katz helped create one of the most popular sharewares of all time.
The Boxer
After over 100 hours in production, Simon and Garfunkel completed the recording of their hit song, The Boxer on this day.
Sam Kinison
He was a former preacher turned comedian who rose to fame with an intense, often sacrilegious routine that was punctuated with his trademark screams.
First Recorded Voice
The 10-second snippet of a man singing Au Clair de la Lune is the oldest known recorded sound of a human voice.
Arnie Boldt
A one-legged Canadian broke the world record with a high jump of 6 feet and 8.25 inches.
Death to the Candyman
His crime is the only documented fatality related to poisoned Halloween candy - ever.
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.
Attack of the Crocodiles
It was on this day in what is now Burma, that hundreds of Japanese soldiers were attacked and eaten by crocodiles.
Saint Urho
This pitchfork-wielding Saint drove the grasshoppers out of Finland, or so they say.