The Japan Advertiser was the preeminent English-language newspaper in the Far East in the 1920s and 30s.

Brock Evans was a passionate environmentalist who worked as an executive for the Sierra Club, the National Audubon Society, and the Endangered Species Coalition. He played a leading role in the designation of many National Wilderness Areas in the West.

The long running television show Truth or Consequences got its start as a radio show in 1940. Contestants on the show had to correctly answer a question or perform a zany stunt.

When cadet Richard Cox disappeared without a trace from the United States Military Academy at West Point in January of 1950, the military launched an extensive search. His whereabouts remain a mystery, even today.

The Mess Kit newspaper of the American Expeditionary Forces gives a glimpse into the lives of the servicemen stationed in France following the end of World War I.

In the 1920s and 30s, the U.S. Government sponsored a voluntary military preparedness program known as the Citizens’ Military Training Camp.

Some call Alexander Pushkin the Shakespeare of Russia. Although he only lived to the age of 37, his poetry, novels and plays are today considered classics of Russian literature.

George Zuckerman wrote the screenplay for the 1956 film Written on the Wind. It was based on the scandalous death of Zachary Reynolds, heir to the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company fortunes.

The ill-fated Donner Party expedition set off on the Oregon Trail in the spring of 1846. Destined for California, many of the group starved to death when snow stranded them in the Sierra Nevada mountains for the winter.

The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 aircraft, first flown in 1970, was plagued with problems. While airline executives originally had high hopes for the plane, ultimately only 386 were ever manufactured and flown.