The Search For Noah's Ark

Could this be the remains of Noah's Ark?  This recent satellite image taken over the northwest corner of Mt. Ararat in eastern Turkey shows an anomaly located about 15,300 feet up the mountainside. Some experts believe this could actually be the long lost ark. 

The Perfect Exposure

A photographer catches the Golden Gate Bridge during construction in 1929. This view from  Sausalito looking west shows the city of San Francisco in the distance across the bay.

The Lonely Hearts Killers

From 1947 through 1949, Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck were believed to have killed as many as 20 women. Known as The Lonely Hearts Killers, the couple would befriend people seeking companionship via the newspapers, eventually killing and robbing them. As a result of their being convicted for only one of the murders, Fernandez and Beck were both executed in the electric chair at New York's Sing Sing Prison on March 8, 1951.

Men Only

Race officials are pictured attempting to remove 20 year old Syracuse University junior Katherine Switzer from the Boston Marathon in 1967. About two miles from the finish line, Switzer abruptly inserted herself in the race, attempting to break the long standing tradition of the male only event.

Long Lost Bible

Twenty year old George Ford, fighting in World War I for the Sherwood Foresters, was killed in action in 1918. His personal belongings were packed in a box and sent to his family in Nottingham, England. Among those belongings was a small Bible which Ford kept in his breast pocket. In 1977, while doing some repair work on a house in Nottingham, a builder discovered the Bible, and found that it had been gathering dust in the attic for 59 years. After a 35 year search by the builder's son, the Bible was returned to George Ford's nephews in Arnold, Nottinghampshire. 

Brotherly Advice

In a Los Angeles hotel room, US Senator John F. Kennedy (left) confers with brother Robert, his most trusted adviser, during the Democratic National Convention. John would eventually win the nomination of his party and go on to become President. 

Calling Card

On April 23, 1972, Apollo 16 Lunar Module pilot Charles Duke left his family picture, which was sealed in a clear plastic bag, on the surface of the Moon.

Was Jesus Married?

A photo released by Harvard University professor of Christian Studies, Karen King, shows a fourth Century fragment of papyrus, believed to be the only existing ancient text containing dialogue in which Jesus refers to "my wife", whom he identifies as Mary. Written in a language of Ancient Egyptian Christians, the document once again raises the question of whether or not Jesus ever was married.
UPDATE (9/19) Some scholars are questioning the fragment's authenticity as of this writing. 

Four Century Flame

This lamp, located at the Vaishnavite Monastery in Assam, India has its' own unique distinction in that it has been continuously burning for the past 484 years. The flame, lit by Srimanta Madhabdev in 1528, has been tended to daily by the monastery's monks, effectively putting its' duration into the Asia Book of Records. 

Johnny Pesky 1919 - 2012

Boston Red Sox legend Johnny Pesky, died Monday at the age of 92. Nicknamed "The Needle", Pesky served the club in various capacities following his playing days at shortstop. These included manager, coaching, scouting, and in the front office. His memory will always be associated with Fenway Park's right field foul pole, known as 'the Pesky pole'. In 2008, his number 6 was retired by the Red Sox, and hangs along side other Red Sox greats such as Carl Yastrzemski, and Ted Williams.