Jack Sheppard – the most notorious thief in England during the 18th century who managed to escape four times from prison
The legend about the Crown of Saint Wenceslas: any usurper who places it on his head is doomed to die within a year
The Red Army troops dynamited the strategically important Dneprostroi Dam during WWII, as Germany invaded the Soviet Union
The Hundred Flowers Movement was the first open criticism in the history of the People’s Republic of China