including some 1,600 noncoms and other enlisted men. It is the most known of its WW2 medals. Worn on a ribbon about the neck, it was called a ‘‘tin collar,’’ while those aspiring to the award were said to suffer from ‘‘sore throats...
Truman was the first of three children born to John Anderson Truman, a farmer and mule trader, and his wife, Martha Ellen Truman. Truman was named in honor of his maternal uncle, Harrison Young, but his parents couldn’t decide on a middle name. After more than a month, they settled ...
Jack Churchill was a WW2 Commando who served with distinction in a number of theaters, his exploits earned him the Distinguished Service Order as well as the Military Cross. He was known as ‘Mad Jack’ by his men and his fellow officers for his ferociousness in combat. Unlike his more co...
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon’s birth was about as aristocratic as they come. Born into a wealthy noble family on August 4, 1900, she was the ninth of a whopping 10 children, and her family spoiled their baby rotten. Elizabeth's father even thought his darling girl looked so much like a cherub ...
Their American-born children, however, were automatically citizens. In 1885, Japanese immigrants started moving to the Kingdom of Hawaii to perform backbreaking labor on sugar plantations. Many of them started looking to move to the west coast of the United States, where jobs were ...
He was the son of David, a coal miner, and Phoebe Bevan, a seamstress and the sixth of 10 children. There was little other work in the town and Bevan followed his father and elder brother, who both worked in the mines. He was thirteen when he began to work at a local coal mine...
What do we know about the Winston Churchill family? He was one of two sons born to a couple descended from British aristocracy, and he married Clementine Hozier in 1908. For Winston Churchill children were a priority; the couple had five children (four daughters and a son)....
Theworld's biggest familylives together in India: a man with39 wives and 94 children. ♦ SOURCE ♺ SHARE Gandhi never won the Nobel Peace Prize, despite being nominated five times. ♦ SOURCE ♺ SHARE The World'soldest known creature, a mollusc, was507 years olduntil scientists killed...
On 20 April 1941, Dahl took part in the WW2 Battle of Athens. He flew alongside famous World War II ace Pat Pattle and described the battle as “an endless blur of enemy fighters whizzing towards me from every side.” In late 1941, Dahl was sent from the war back to his home in Br...
by:Hendy In:Creepy,Facts,Lifestyle Dec 16, 2023 GIF About 760,000 children under the age of 5 die every year because of diarrhea. GIF Serial killer Dennis Rader, also known as BTK, never raped his victims because he felt that it was wrong to ‘cheat on his wife’. ...