Alonzo Fields (1900-1994), White House butler for 21 years, serving presidents Hoover, Roosevelt, Truman, and Eisenhower.
Queen Liliʻuokalani - last ruler of Hawaii - as a teenager. Her statement of surrender to the US ended: "Now, to avoid any collision of armed forces and perhaps loss of life, I do, under this protest, and impelled by said forces, yield my authority until such time as the Government of the United States shall, upon the facts being presented to it, undo the action of its representative and reinstate me in the authority which I claim as the constitutional sovereign of the Hawaiian Islands."
The Columbine High School massacre was a school shooting which occurred on April 20, 1999. Two senior students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, murdered a total of 12 students and one teacher. They injured 21 additional students, with three other people being injured while attempting to escape the school. The pair then committed suicide. en.wikipedia.org/...
These Women have Changed the World with Science - Too Bad a Man was Given all Credit at Women Rock Science
Queen Anne Boleyn's execution speech- Anne was executed on 19th May 1536. Anne was considered a harpy by some, but was a heroine of the Protestant Reformation to others.
Be warned, this is as graphic as it gets. Assasination of President Kennedy -Pretty fascinating. Why does Kennedy bring his arms and hands up to his mouth? And quite obviously a gunshot from the front blew his head wide open and caused Jackie to scramble out the back. How is it logically possible that Oswald killed him from behind and above? I wonder why we still accept the Warren Report. Are we just lazy?
Terry Fox runs during his Marathon of Hope run across Canada in 1980. He ran for 143 days until he died. t.co/K0Yytuwud0
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