On a hot June day in 1559, King Henry II of France galloped toward his jousting opponent at full speed. His opponent was the young captain of his Scottish Guard, Gabriel Count de Montgomery. Montgomery had begged to be allowed… Read More
On October 17, 1814, at a brewery in a London slum, a huge vat of beer (over 135,000 gallons) ruptured, in turn rupturing other vats. The flood of beer broke through the brick walls and gushed into the streets. It flooded several basements, killing at least nine people.