Kamikazes of WW2

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After Queen Helen of Sparta eloped with Prince Paris of Troy, King Menelaus convinced his brother Agamemnon to lead a massive retrieval expedition, resulting in the storied events including the deaths of Prince Hector and Achilles and the Trojan Horse.

Phineas Taylor Barnum, or PT Barnum, was a centerpiece in nineteenth-century American showmanship and entrepreneurship. At 60 years of age, he partnered with James Bailey to tour the country as The Bailey and Barnum traveling circus of performers, acts and animals.

The Loch Ness Monster, a piece of Scottish folklore that locals and tourists have posited since the story was first recorded in the sixth century. In 1934, Robert Kenneth Wilson took the infamous picture of an unknown animal in the loch, leading to further speculation, mystery and myth.

The age of exploration inspired many mariners to search for the Northwest Passage, which was believed to be a viable shipping route from the west to Asia. It would take more than 300 years and many mistaken Asian landfalls, mutinies, and the lives of sailors before the route was successfully traversed.

After the ancient Sumerians likely started the Bronze Age by becoming the first humans to smelt tin with copper, the metallurgical process spread across early civilizations, helping to move early man toward centralized rule, writing, animal husbandry and agriculture.

Calamity Jane was known as a frontierswoman, sharpshooter and lurid storyteller, but also a raging alcoholic and intermittent prostitute. Jane was a storyteller in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show and appeared in the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.

On April 12th, 1864, the Battle of Fort Pillow found Union defenses greatly outnumbered by Confederate forces. Upon surrender, the mostly African American Union soldiers were gunned down after being refused POW status.