Albert DeSalvo was a former military policeman and middleweight boxing champion. He was arrested in 1964 and voluntarily confessed to having killed 13 people.
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Dinky Toys
In 1931, British toy maker Frank Hornby - already a household name with his pre-war invention 'Mechanics Made Easy' sets (later and more commonly...
Buster Brown Shoes
Buster Brown was a mischievous youngster from the comic strip of the same name - the creation of Richard Fenton Outcault.
The little blonde boy...
George Best
There is a famous story about George Best after he had won one night at a casino and a bellboy found him in his...
Drugs in the 1960s
It is generally believed that the first widespread, illegal use of drugs in the UK started with the extensive immigration of West Indians into...
Yahtzee
The first version of Yahtzee was invented by a moneyed Canadian couple in 1956 aboard their yacht, of all places.
Among the couple's boating coterie,...
