What are the famous bizarre events in the world?

1. The last resistance

Federick Grant, the son of President hiram grant and a graduate of West Point Military Academy, served in the army. He got married on 1874. Two years later, General Grant was ordered to lead his troops into Montenegro to search for and annihilate the Sioux Indian tribe led by the leader "Crazy Horse Song and Dance Show". 1June 25, 876, in the valley near Little Bighorn River in Montana, General Custer's 266 AE? Soldiers were ambushed. In the face of the attack of 3500 Indian soldiers under the Crazy Horse Song and Dance Show, Kaster made a final bloody resistance. In just two or three hours, he and all his men were killed, but there was no Federick Grant, the president's son. It turns out that he didn't start in the army. Just a day or two before the army left, Grant was allowed to go home to take care of his wife, because her delivery was imminent, and this was her first child. Grant later served as ambassador to Austria and police chief of Chicago, and was promoted to general in the war between the United States and Spain. He died in 19 12 at the age of 72.

put on

1919 Vladimir Zvolikin, a 30-year-old Russian electronic engineer, moved to the United States. He first worked for Westinghouse Electric Company, and later transferred to American Radio Company. He is recognized as the father of modern television because of the invention of TV transmitter and TV receiver. When World War II just broke out, he happened to be working in Berlin. To return to new york from Berlin, he had to go to London first and then cross the Atlantic to the United States. He bought tickets for the passenger ship Athena from London. "But I accidentally left my skirt in Lebanon." In a conversation with the writer Bruce felton, he recalled: "Considering that it would be disgraceful to dress too casually when entering the first-class restaurant on the ship, I decided to go out and buy a dress first. Take the next boat when you come back. " So Zwolikin didn't board the Athena. 1On September 4th, 939, the Athena was hit by a U-submarine of Nazi Germany, 128 passengers were killed, including 28 Americans. At this time, the 29th American was buying new clothes in London.

3. Victims

1924 May 2 1 In Chicago, two young men planned a major criminal activity. One of them, 19 years old, named nathan leopold, is a graduate of the University of Chicago. His father is the owner of a box factory and a millionaire. The other is only 18 years old. His name is Richard a Loeb. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan. His father is the vice president of Sears Ropke Company. A few years ago, Leopold proposed to establish a homosexual relationship with Loeb, and Loeb agreed, on the condition that Leopold must help him kill someone. The plot includes kidnapping, shooting and kidnapping. They considered three objects and were not satisfied, and finally decided to choose the fourth one. He is young Amanda deutsch, one of the heirs of Sears Ropke. When he leaves Harvard Preparatory School, they will kidnap him. Rob and Leopold parked outside the school, but Amanda didn't come out, so they pulled Rob's cousin Robert "Bobby" Franks into the car, took a spin, and then stabbed him in the head four times with a chisel. Later, Franks' body was found in a sewer, and Leopold's glasses were also found near the sewer. The murderer was soon caught and Rob confessed his crime. As for the German who might be killed, why didn't he show up? It turned out that he happened to be ill that day and didn't go to school. Deutsch was very successful in his career because he avoided this disaster. He became a Hollywood producer.

4. Happy Valentine's Day

1929 February 14, Moran, the bandit leader "Bug", and seven of his gangsters agreed to go to the warehouse of Ka Sergej Company in North Clark Street, Chicago, to inspect a batch of spirits shipped from Canada. Moranlin's departure was postponed because of something. At this time, his seven people-Frank, Peter, Gosenberg, Adam Haier, Al Wenshenko, james clark, John May and Leonhardt Schweiran-are waiting for their leadership in the warehouse. Suddenly, a Cadillac station wagon stopped outside, four people jumped out of the car, two of them were wearing police uniforms, and they rushed into the warehouse. Two men with shotguns and two others with machine guns forced seven people to stand in a row against the wall. Then shoot them all. These four men are gangsters under Al Capogni, and they are sworn enemies with Moran. When it was all over, they left the scene immediately. Five minutes later, Moran, the "bug", arrived at the warehouse and luckily escaped the Valentine's Day massacre.

5. Celebrations in Boston

1942165438+1On the morning of October 28th, an executive of Boston University Eagles (rugby) reserved a seat in the Coconut Grove nightclub, and prepared to hold a celebration party for the whole team that night. Boston University, with excellent quarterback Eddie Dougherty and defender Mike Hollowalke, is the best team in the United States. Eight battles won, * * * 249 points, while the opponent only 19 points. So Boston University only needs to beat another weak team, Holy Cross, to win the championship. The current record of the Holy Cross is four losses and one draw. That night, in the basement of the 900-square-foot coconut grove nightclub, the decorative fabric hanging from the ceiling suddenly caught fire inexplicably (the fire police have not found out the cause of the fire yet), and the nightclub suddenly became a terrible hell. In only 12 minutes, 490 people died or were on the verge of death. There is a room called Thales Hall, and the people in it are dead. After final verification, the deceased included former cowboy movie star Burke Jones. But none of them are members of Boston University football team. Because that afternoon, the brilliant Boston University team performed badly and was beaten to pieces by the inferior Holy Cross team. As a result, he lost the game with a disparity score of 12 to 55, breaking the biggest upset in sports competitions in recent years. Depressed Boston University players are not in the mood to participate in any celebrations. Just before the celebration, they canceled the reserved rooms and seats in the Coconut Grove nightclub and went to bed early and fell asleep.

6. Secondary objectives

During World War II, should the first target of the first atomic bomb be Hiroshima or Kokura in Japan? At first, the US Air Force set Kokura, an industrial city with a population of 400,000, as its first target. However, it is reported that there is a concentration camp for American prisoners of war near the city, which makes air force officials hesitate. Finally, they decided to change the first goal to Hiroshima and Kokura as their second goal. On August 6th, 1945, Air Force Colonel paul tibbets dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Of the city's population of 255,000, 654.38+10,000 people are dead or missing, and 68,000 people are injured. According to the original plan, an atomic bomb will be dropped three days later. This time, whether there is an American prison camp or not, the primary goal is the small warehouse, and the long-term goal is the alternative goal. On that day, Charles sweeney flew to his destination warehouse in another air fortress. But then the commander told him that the weather over the city was so bad that he had to change his route and fly to Nagasaki. A more powerful atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki with a population of 280,000. * * * 36,000 people were killed and 60,000 injured. Fortunately, 400,000 residents of Kokura were not robbed. They survived unharmed and made great progress in the era of atomic science. Today, Kokura is part of Kitakyushu.

be late

1On May 29th, 953, 34-year-old New Zealand beekeeper Edmund Hillary and Nepalese guide Tansin Nokai became the first people in history to climb the summit of Mount Everest, which is 29,000 feet high on the roof of the world. Hillary Clinton became a hero for a time because she created a miracle to overcome the thin air and storms in mountainous areas, and was awarded the title by the royal family. Seven years later, his luck overcame death. On February 6th, 1960, 1960, he booked a ticket on United Airlines DC-8 from Chicago to new york, because he planned to return to Nepal in two weeks. On the same day, a TWA super constellation plane took off in Ohio and also flew to new york. At that time, the climate in new york was terrible, foggy and rainy. Two planes collided over new york, killing 134 passengers and crew. But Edmund was not on the plane because he went to the airport late and missed the flight of United Airlines. But his wife was unlucky and died in an air crash near Mount Everest after 15.

8. Doctor's orders

1958 One day, Elizabeth Taylor will accompany Mike Todd to the French fries club in new york to attend a grand banquet hosted by Todd. Just two days before he left, Taylor suddenly got bronchitis. When Todd was about to leave, Taylor's temperature was as high as 102 degrees Fahrenheit. The doctor forbade her to go out. At that time, the weather was so bad that no one wanted to go to new york by private jet with him. Kirk Douglas, Joe Lewis and Joseph Metzvicks all politely refused his invitation. Finally, the playwright Art Lynn expressed his willingness to go with him because he wanted to revise a movie script on the way. Unexpectedly, the plane crashed in New Mexico, killing all the people on board.

9. The Crisis of Rock Band

Cricket, a rock band, has just finished playing in Lake Edward Clearer and is going to attend the next performance in Morehead, Minnesota. As the actors were tired, band leader Buddy Hurley chartered a plane in nearby Mei Sen. Hurley, Waylon Jennings (a bearded Texan who plays country music) and guitarist Tommy alsop are going to board the plane. It was February 3rd. 1959. When the charter plane N3749N was about to take off, a sheriff named Richardson asked Jennings to give him his seat because he had a cold and was not feeling well. Almost at the same time, a man named ritchie valens asked Tommy alsop if he could give up his seat. As a result, neither Jennings nor alsop boarded the plane. The plane crashed shortly after takeoff. Everyone on board was killed, but Waylon Jennings and Tommy alsop survived.

10. bloody Hollywood

1On the evening of August 8th, 969, the novelist Jesse Cousin was going to fly to Los Angeles to meet his friend Vojtek Frikovsky, and then they went to Hollywood to attend a dinner party at the actress sharon tate's house. That night, some uninvited guests broke into Tate's house. At the instigation of their cult leader Charles Manson (a criminal and unemployed man), these crazy gangsters (Charles Watson, Suya Atkins, Patricia Crowinkle, Leslie Van Gordon) killed pregnant sharon tate, Jay Sebolin, Abigail folger and Sabine with pistols and daggers. Jesse Cousin, who was supposed to attend the dinner party, couldn't attend because the staff of Air France sent his luggage to the wrong place-to new york instead of Los Angeles. He later described that close encounter in a book called The First Date.

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10 amazing coincidence

1. Mount Greenberry

The criminal who murdered Sir Edmund in a place called Mount Green Bailey was hanged in London. The names of these three criminals happen to be Green, Bailey and Hill respectively.

2. Killing taxi

The Bermuda brothers were run over by the same taxi driven by the same driver in the same street. At that time, the two brothers rode the same moped, but the taxi actually took the same passenger. These two incidents occurred on the same day 1 year apart. Eskeen Lawrence and his brother Neville were both 17 years old when they died.

3. XXIII

1932, an alcoholic nicknamed "Dutchman" named Schultz sent someone to kill a 23-year-old man named Vincent Kaul on 23rd Street in new york. Schultz himself was killed on1June 23, 935. The murderer's name is Charlie workman, and he was sentenced to life imprisonment. He was released after serving 23 years in prison.

4. geese

1974110 One day in October, Neuer McCabe and his family were enjoying the recording of Frankie Laine's opera "Wild Goose" at their home in Kingston Street, Derbyshire, England. Suddenly, a Canadian goose broke the window and jumped into their bedroom.

5. Baby falling in the air

1975 In the spring, a baby fell from a 14-storey building in Detroit and landed right on Joseph Fallock who was walking. 1 year later, the same thing happened again. Figlock and the two babies are not dead.

6. Password

1June 6, 944 —— A few months before the Allied landings in Normandy, the scrabble published in The London Telegraph contained many highly confidential code words about allied actions, such as Omaha, Utah, Muberry, Neptune, and land characters about the Normandy landings themselves. This set of puzzles was designed by a primary school principal, but he himself knew nothing about the password.

7. Bad road

1974 Frank Cratworthy drove back to his home on Worthford Road in Somerset after attending a dinner party, and unfortunately overturned on the way. 1 hour later, his twin brother, Jack, came out of the same dinner and overturned on the same road.

8. The moment of death

1975 65438+1at 3 am on October 28th, charles davis, who was vacationing at her sister's home in Leicester, England, died suddenly. When his sister called Charles' home in Leeds to tell his family the sad news, she learned that Charles' wife died suddenly at 3 am that day.

6. Special thanks

At the age of 4, Roger Lauser was rescued by a woman named Alice Bryce on the beach in Salem, Massachusetts. Nine years later 1974, in the same place, Roger paddled a bamboo raft into the water and rescued a man from the water. That man turned out to be Alice's husband.

10. Twin brothers

James Luce of Lima, Ohio and James Pillinger of Darden, Ohio are twin brothers. But they separated soon after they were born. Although their respective adoptive fathers didn't know each other, they also named them James. Both James married a woman named Linda and later divorced her. They all named their first son Allen. They both like to spend their holidays in Florida beach. Both of them are 6 feet tall and weigh 180 pounds. They have the same hobby and have been trained as policemen. They first met in 1979, when they were both 39 years old.