The Harlem Hellfighters were a Regiment of decorated African American soldiers. They fought during World War One, and were extremely determined to fight for their country, and were very good at it. Yet when they came home they had to face racism and hate. When they were sent over seas, they had no idea what …
America was devastated when the stock market crashed in 1929. Due to this incident, 6000 banks went out of business. 13 Million people were left unemployed. 40000 family farms were repossessed by the bank. 2600 schools were closed. Admissions to State mental hospitals went up 300 percent, and suicides went up by 30 percent. 2 …
On April 11, the mission of Apollo 13 was launched. The mission was to explore the Fra Maura highlands to get geological specimen and to give us advanced knowledge of the lu landscape. Unfortunately, when the crew of Apollo 13 conducted a broadcast on the 13 of April, an explosion took place in the cryogenetic …
Marilyn Monroe (original name, Norma Jean) was one of the most famous Hollywood stars from the 1950s to early 1960s. She was a to-billed actress, with her films which made 2 million dollars by 1962. Monroe was a major sex symbol of the 1950s. Around the time of her death, Monroe had suffered from mental …
Norman Keith Collins, also known as Sailor Jerry, was born on January 14, 1911, in Reno, Nevada. He grew up in northern California were he hopped freight trains across the country and learned tattooing from a man named ‘Big Mike’, original using hand-pricking method. In the late 1920s, he met Tatts Thomas who taught him …
On November 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy went on a 10-mile motorcade down the streets of Dallas with his wife, Jaqueline Kennedy, and Texas Governor John Connaly who bought his wife. As they passed the Texas school book depository building in a Lincoln convertible, President JFK was struck with three bullets. Connaly was injured as …
Marie Laveau was said to have been born to an African woman named Marguerite Darcantel, and Charles Laveau. There is no telling when Laveau was born. Some reports say she was born in 1801, while others say she was born in 1794. Laveau was a Creole voodoo practitioner, and married a Creole man from Sante-Domingue …
On 1775, in New Orleans, LA, the most evil woman in New orleans was born. At birth, her name was Marie Delphine Macarty. She had five children, named: Marie Louise Jeanne Blanque, Marie Delphine Francisca Borja, Marie Louise Paline Blanque, Louise Marie Laure Blanque, and Jeanne Pierre Paulin Blanque. She married her first husband on …
The era in which people began getting inpatient , violent and even dying, began on the 16 of January 1920. The 18 amendment outlawed the manufacture, transportation of liquor. Alcohol had apparently become Americas worst curse. It was believed that banning it would strengthen families, stop crime, and even improve the national character. It was …