Operation Plunder

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Albert Schatz, the scientist who discovered streptomycin, only to have all discovery credit go to Selman Waksman, who would win the Nobel Prize for the discovery — never once giving proper credit to Schatz.

In Toulon, 1942, the French had to sink their own naval fleet to keep it out of Nazi control. Out of 164 vessels, 77 were successfully scuttled before German capture.

On November 10th, 1951 the first direct dial long-distance telephone call took place between the Mayors of Englewood, New Jersey and Alameda, California.

In December 1937, Japanese forces had overthrown Nanking, the Republic of China’s capital. Japanese leaders encouraged rape, murder, torture, theft and arson, because Chinese soldiers dressed as civilians to blend in.

On November 1st, 1955, the regularly scheduled flight 629 from Denver to Portland was destroyed by a time bomb, stowed by a passenger’s estranged son, taking the lives of 44 innocent bystanders.

With no ambitions of space, Valentina Tereshkova was recruited in the first female soviet cosmonaut program. On June 16, 1963 she became the first woman in space.

A smoker from the age of 5, olympic running was an unlikely path for Louis Zamperini. Unfortunately, too was surviving a plane crash, 47 days at sea, and war camps, but these were real scenarios for Louis.