In 1970 Hunter S. Thompson ran for sheriff of Aspen wanting to ban cars and legalize certain substances
Roald Dahl, the writer of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” was given a Viking funeral, buried with wine, snooker cues, pencils and a power saw
Farewell to a visionary mind: Stephen Hawking was born exactly 300 years after the death of Galileo and died on Einstein’s birthday
When L. Ron Hubbard commanded a U.S. military vessel during WWII, he almost started an armed conflict with Mexico by mistake
In 1941, Rudolf Hess flew to Scotland by himself and attempted to negotiate peace behind Hitler’s back
When Abraham Lincoln died, his corpse was sent on a controversial two-week funeral tour across America
In 1909, schools were closed after a flurry of sightings of the Jersey Devil: a kangaroo-like creature with wings and a goat’s head