In 1980, 125,000 Cubans migrated into Florida after Fidel Castro approved emigration with the ulterior motive to rid Cuba of thieves, prostitutes, addicts and other criminals.

President Woodrow Wilson at the Paris Peace Conference had a mental breakdown most likely caused by a high fever associated with the Spanish Flu of 1918.

When Europeans forced the Chinese to import opium into their country, causing widespread addiction among the population, two Opium Wars would follow.

The 942 poems in Nostradamus’ 1555 book Les Propheties appear to accurately foresee events that unfolded after his time. His predictions of 9/11, Hitler and more have been discredited by academics yet pondered by millions.

In February of 1945, the Big Three Allied leaders decided the post-WWII fate of Germany and Nazi-occupied Europe at the Yalta Conference.

Impressionable young Germans of the Hitler Youth were exposed to Nazi ideologies and basic training that focused on self-sacrifice and physical prowess over academics.

Before NASA’s budget was cut, Apollo 17 became the final mission to put man on the moon. Gene Cernan, Jack Schmitt, and Ronald Evans set many records on their 3-day trip to the lunar surface.