Buchalter was born in the Lower East Side section of Manhattan on February 6th 1897. His mother, Rose Buchalter, called him "Lepkeleh" (‘Little Louis’ in Yiddish), which later became ‘Lepke’.
Hats have been around for centuries - It is unknown when we started to wear them, perhaps it was the first animal skin wrapped around the head of early man to protect from the elements.
King John ‘the Bad’ was particularly fond of collecting (stealing) jewellery and gold plate for himself and coinage for his guards, soldiers and court followers. John inherited the crown of Britain thanks mostly to the crusades by his brother Richard.
Surgeons who could remove a bladder stone in 50 seconds, military hospitals run with stern hygiene standards and a complex system of war pensions for the maimed, widowed and orphaned.
Robert Leroy Parker was born April 13th 1866, in Beaver, Utah, the first of 13 children born to British immigrants Maximillian Parker and Ann Campbell Gillies.
The strawberry fruit was mentioned in ancient Roman literature in reference to its medicinal use and the French began taking the strawberry from the forest to their gardens for harvest in the 14th century. Charles V, France's king from 1364 to 1380, had 1,200 strawberry plants in his royal garden.
New light has been shed on a 10th century Viking boat burial site at Swordle Bay in western Scotland, which was discovered by a team including University of Leicester researchers in 2011.
Michael Wood The Great British Story: A People’s History is a fascinating look at history through the eyes of ordinary people of Britain. Currently showing on BBC2 this fantastic eight-part documentary comes to DVD courtesy of Acorn Media.
Smithsonian, Library of Congress and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Partnership Unlocks Mysteries of History, Science and Invention: Presenting a First Listen to the Experimental Sound Recordings of Alexander Graham Bell
In the ruins of a city that was once Rome's neighbour, archaeologists last summer found a 1,000-pound lead coffin.