After being kidnapped by Native Americans in 1697, Hannah Duston brutally killed her captors with a tomahawk — including six children.In 1861, a small new England town erected a monument to Hannah Duston — possibly the first in the U.S. to honor a woman. But not everyone thinks Duston was a hero.
Almost 200 years earlier, Duston had been kidnapped by Native Americans from her home in Haverhill, Massachusetts, and placed with a Native American family. Read More...
From the Titanic to the moon landing, these rarely-seen historical photos reveal how things looked just before history was made. Tank Man At Tiananmen Square On June 5, 1989 in Beijing, an unidentified man commonly known as "Tank Man" helped create history's most iconic image of resistance when he stood down four Chinese tanks amid the Tiananmen Square protests against political corruption and oppression.Taken just before that iconic image, this photo reveals the tanks as they approach " Read More...
For 27 years, Valentino Dixon sat in prison for a murder he did not commit. While behind bars, he began to draw golf courses — which would play an important role in his eventual release.Golf DigestValentino Dixon
After spending 27 years locked away in prison for a murder he did not commit, Valentino Dixon is now free.
On Sept. 19, 48-year-old Dixon walked free after his murder conviction was vacated by New York’s Erie County Court, The New York Times reported. Read More...
