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Tarrare was born around 1772 near Lyon France. It is unknown if Tarrare was his real name or a nick name. he always had a huge appetite whic...

Jeanne Baret was born on July 27, 1740 in the village of La Comelle in Burgundy France. Her parents were Jean Baret, a day laborer, and Jean...

Natascha Maria Kampush was born on February 17, 1988 in Vienna Austria. Her parents are Brigitta Simy and Ludwig Koch who separated when she...

Opha May Jacob was born on May 4, 1878 in Kokomo, Indiana. She graduated in 1875 from the shorthand and typewriting department of Wood's...

Daniel Edgar Sickles was born on October 20, 1819 (although he claimed 1825) in New York City. His parents were George Garrett, a patent law...

  In the 1850s there were a few outbreaks of the bubonic plague in China and Hong Kong. Eventually this would spread to Hawaii and the mainl...

Pierre Loutrel, also known as Pierre le fot (Crazy Pete), was the first public enemy #1 in France. He was born on March 5, 1916 in Chateau-d...

The London Beer Flood took place on October 17, 1814 at Meux & Company's Horse Shoe Brewery in London. The brewery was bought by Sir...

On October 31, 1968 a group of young people visited Highgate Cemetery in London. The group vandalized the cemetery. The identities and motiv...

 I want to provide a warning that this post is somewhat graphic. The Attack of the Dead Men is also known as the Battle of Osowiec Fortress ...

Born on November 20, 1924 in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales. His father abandoned his mother and older sister before he was born. As a chi...

On August 19, 1930 a 14 year old student found the severed hand of a woman in the spring of Tattarisuo outside of Helsinki Finland. The poli...

Esther Eng was born Ng Kam-he on September 24, 1914 i San Francisco. She was the 4th of 10 children in her family. Her grandparent came to A...

Addie Viola Smith was born on November 14, 1893 in Stockton, California, She was the daughter of Rufus Roy, a publisher, and Addie Gabriela ...

Mary Jane Patterson was born on September 12, 1844 in Raleigh, North Carolina. She was the oldest child of Henry and Emeline Eliza (Taylor) ...

Born Marion Benson Owens on November 18, 1888 in San Francisco, California. Her parents were Minnie Benson and Len Douglas Owens. Her father...

Alice Taylor Huyler was born on November 11, 1886 in New Barbados, New Jersey. Her parents were John Edwin Huyler, a lumber dealer, and Ada ...

James Harrison Wilson Thompson was born on March 21, 1906 in Greenville, Delaware. He was the youngest of 5 children born to Henry and Mary ...

For what it is worth I believe that Michigan ended up winning this war. In 1787 the Congress of Confederation enacted the Northwest Ordinanc...

The Purple Gang, also known as the Sugar House Gang was a group of criminals who were active in Detroit during the 1920s and 1930s. In 1917 ...