Al’s bloody Valentine wiped out rival gang
People knew well enough to avoid the commotion at a garage on Clark St in Chicago on Valentine’s Day in 1929
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Southern Aurora’s day of terror and tragedy
On a hot Friday morning in 1969 the Southern Aurora collided with a goods train with catastrophic results
Hollywood’s Latin lover fought private demons
When Rudolph Valentino died in 1926 his rival Ramon Novarro became the hottest thing in Hollywood
Daring French aeronaut floated to fame and love
A crowd of onlookers gasped as Andre-Jacques Garnerin severed a rope holding his basket to a balloon. But he plummeted safely back to earth thanks to a parachute he had invented
Japanese welder fought US war detentions
When police arrested a young man with Japanese features in California in 1942 it triggered legal challenges to the detention of Japanese people during the war
Scandal came to hotel with CIA death plunge
When CIA operative Frank Olson checked into the Hotel Statler in Manhattan in 1953, the building was already past its glory days
Bundy’s charm masked cold-blooded serial killer
Thirty years ago cold-blooded serial killer Ted Bundy was finally executed in the electric chair
Morning show pioneer fell in love on camera
When producers hired a woman to help out the host of television show Three To Get Ready they matched host Ernie Kovacs with the love of his life
Roget was much more than a man of his words
In 1852 Dr Roget published his extremely useful Thesaurus. But in his life he was better known for his contributions to medicine
Ancient monarchy fell with flight of sick Shah
Years of trouble in Iran climaxed 40 years ago today when the Shah was forced to flee the country
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