USCGC Taney

Launched June 3, 1936 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, the US Coast Guard Cutter Taney is the last of the 101 US fighting ships present at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Today , the decommissioned Taney makes its' home at the Baltimore Maritime Museum.

This US Coast Guard picture shows the cutter Taney as she appeared in 1944.

Photo Op

This photo of President Warren Harding, Vice President Calvin Coolidge, and the rest of their cabinet was taken at the White House in 1921. 

Carnival Ride From Hell

This picture, taken in 1921 in a Pennsylvania breaker, shows boys who picked out rocks and other debris from coal passing directly beneath them. The "Breaker Boys", as they were called, often developed lung problems as a direct result of breathing in the excessive dust from the mine.

Did Hitler Have A Son?

In 1917, a young Adolf Hitler was fighting the French in World War I. While he was on a weekend getaway in a local French town, he met Charlotte Lobjoie, a 16 year old with whom he would have an affair. The French teen would become pregnant and give birth to a boy in 1918. 

Jean-Marie Loret, who died in 1985 at the age of 67, had fought for the French Resistance in 1939 under the code name 'Clement'. Before his mother's death in the early 1950's, she told him that the dictator was his father.

The rumor had surfaced a few times over the years, but apparently new evidence  which seems to support the story is currently being investigated. The above picture alone lends credibility to the theory.

Powder Monkey

A young sailor is pictured on the deck of the U.S.S New Hampshire in Charleston, South Carolina (Circa 1864-65). These boys were used to transport gunpowder to various parts of the ship during combat, earning them the nickname "powder monkey".

The Lindberghs

This September 18, 1939 picture shows famous aviator Charles Lindbergh with his wife, Anne Morrow Lindbergh four months after their wedding. The kidnapping and murder of their baby three years later would result in one of the most famous trials in US history.

Rosa Parks

"I knew someone had to take the first step and I made up my mind not to move."

(Rosa Parks, pictured in 1988)

In 1955, Parks refused to give up her front seat on a bus to a white male, resulting in her arrest. The incident would prove to be a key moment in Civil Rights history.  

100 Year Old Dear Santa Letter

In 1992, a Dublin, Ireland homeowner discovered this 100 year old letter to Santa Claus in his fireplace. The letter, written in 1911, managed to survive with minor damage, given its' age and exposure to the fireplace's use. In that era, fireplaces were built with two shelves in the interior. The letter was found on one of the shelves.

D-Day June 6,1944

The D-Day attack on Normandy Beach on June 6, 1944 is seen in this well narrated actual video footage. Click the link below to watch.

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/160aLr/www.youtube.com/watch%253Fv%253DY_qeCNg8fO0

Ted Williams Home Run Seat

On June 9, 1946 Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox hit the longest home run ever hit in Boston's Fenway Park. A lone red seat in section 42, row 37, seat 21 marks the spot in the right center field stands where Williams' 502 foot home run landed.