Peter Freuchen, a Danish explorer, writer, and Nazi Resistance fighter who amputated his frostbitten toes himself without anesthesia
In WWII, the 20-year-old George H. W. Bush was only one of group of nine airmen who escaped fate worse than death
Jack Johnson, “the Galveston Giant,” became the first African American world heavyweight boxing champion in 1908
Professional dancer Isabel Martinez de Peron became third wife of Juan Peron and then the first woman President in the world, but was deposed and convicted
For decades, cheerleaders for football were a male-only prestigious group, with future U.S. presidents among them
“I see that you have made three spelling mistakes,” remarked Marquis de Favras when he read his death warrant
The Dreyfus affair, one of the tensest political dramas in France, for which Emil Zola wrote “J’Accuse…!”