l2910 For more than a century, Cook County Hospital stood on Chicago’s West Side as the place the city sent people it had decided not to care for. The grand Beaux-Arts building on West Harrison Street, with its limestone columns and stone lions, was designed to look permanent and important. Inside, it operated as a two-tier … Read more
Marilyn Monroe was under FBI surveillance for years over suspected communist ties, with a new look at the agency’s files revealing that her own housekeeper may have reported on her activities. The surveillance reportedly began in 1955 when Monroe applied for a visa to visit the Soviet Union as part of a cultural exchange program, … Read more
David Niven, the British actor known for his charm and wit on screen, spent his final years battling a devastating illness that ultimately took his life at age 73. Born James David Graham Niven in London on March 1, 1910, he came from a military family. His father, William Edward Graham Niven, was killed during … Read more
For more than six decades, the Hopper family presented a picture of polished perfection on stage. Behind the rhinestones and harmony, however, the family was fighting a series of brutal battles with serious illness and the physical toll of a life spent on the road. Known to fans as America’s first family of gospel music, … Read more
For decades, children on Staten Island passed down the same campfire story: a hook-handed monster named Cropsey lived in the tunnels beneath an abandoned institution, waiting to drag anyone who wandered too close after dark. It was a classic boogeyman tale, used by parents to get kids home before curfew. Then, in the 1980s, real … Read more
Earl Silas Tupper was born on July 28, 1907, in Berlin, New Hampshire, and would go on to build one of the most recognizable names in food storage. After studying at Bryant College, Tupper worked several jobs before joining the DuPont Chemical Company during the Great Depression. There, he developed a method for turning polyethylene … Read more
One of Australia’s biggest rock hits may not be about romance at all, but about that one person who always shows up right when your night finally settles down. That awkward, sinking feeling of spotting someone across the room and instantly knowing your evening is over became the core of one of Australian Crawl’s most … Read more
Ich nahm das Handy meiner Tochter zu einem alten Freund von mir, der als Techniker arbeitet, um es reparieren zu lassen. Plötzlich zog er mich zur Seite. Sein Gesicht war blass, und er flüsterte: „Sofort alle Karten sperren lassen. Ändere deine Passwörter und verschwinde von hier. “ Ich war völlig überrascht. Was war passiert? Er … Read more
Around 3,400 BC, in the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, the Sumerians built the world’s first true cities: Uruk, Eridu, and Ur. They gave humanity the wheel, the plow, mathematics, astronomy, and a writing system known as cuneiform. On thousands of clay tablets, they recorded their history, their laws, and their gods. Chief … Read more
Wounded in both legs and watching his comrades fall around him, Lieutenant Charles Barnum survived the Battle of the Little Bighorn when nearly 300 men of the Seventh Cavalry did not. Days after the fighting ended, on July 4, 1876, he wrote a letter to his parents from a camp along the Yellowstone River, offering … Read more