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A Brief History On May 1, 1991, two incredibly impressive baseball records were set.  Ricky Henderson stole his record breaking 939th base and Nolan Ryan pitched his 7th no hitter.  Certain baseball records have an awe inspiring quality to them, even if they are later broken.  Here we list 10 records that were at the time they were set astounding or lasted for an extraordinarily long time. Digging Deeper 10. Cal Ripken, Jr. Iron Man Streak. Ripken played in 2632 consecutive major league baseball games, having broken Lou Gehrig’s 56 year old record by 502 games!  Many experts believed Gehrig’s…

A Brief History On April 30, 1961, the Soviet Navy commissioned their first nuclear armed submarine, the K-19, later made famous in the 2002 movie, K-19: The Widowmaker.  Other ships have had movie titles featuring their name, and we have 10 prominent ones listed here. Digging Deeper 10. Battleship Potemkin, 1925. A silent film about the revolt on board the battleship in 1905 that eventually led to the Russian revolution and the overthrow of the Czar.  Considered a propaganda film, it was named by the Brussels World Fair in 1958 as the greatest movie of all time.  Many modern movies…

A Brief History On April 30, 2009, during a Queen’s Day parade in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands (Holland), Queen Beatrix and her family were attacked by a man driving a Suzuki Swift.  Trying to ram the open topped bus that the royal family was riding in, the would be assassin missed the bus and crashed his car into a monument, killing 7 people plus himself.  Many times would be assassins have failed, sometimes just barely.  Some prominent people have been the target of numerous attempts on their lives.  Here we present 10 instances where the assassin failed, through their own bungling,…

A Brief History On April 29, 1429, Joan of Arc, The Maid of Orleans, arrived at Orleans wearing the armor of a knight to lead the battle to lift the Siege of Orleans.  With her council and inspirational leadership, the siege was lifted and a legend begun.  Many times throughout history women have gone to war in many roles, from nursing to heavy labor, from flying fighter planes and bombers, to accurately sniping enemy soldiers.  Here are 10 prime examples of women warriors.  If 10 is not enough we can always make a sequel list! Digging Deeper 10. Catherine of…

A Brief History On April 28, 1988, while in flight a jet airliner had its roof suddenly and violently blown off, taking a hapless flight attendant with it.  Amazingly, the airliner landed safely with no other fatalities.  Sometimes bad things happen to aircraft, and some of those times bizarre or amazing things, even cracked things, happen.  Sure, having a nuclear bomber unintentionally drop its nuclear bombs or crash while carrying nukes is cracked, but it happened so many times those incidents do not qualify here.  Here are 10 instances when aircraft incidents are unusual enough to be considered bizarre. Digging…