History Dispatches

Margery Booth was a British opera singer who became popular in Germany in the 1930s - and was even a favorite of Adolf Hitler. She married a German man, and became a naturalized German citizen. In WWII, she continued her career as best as she could - but also, she became a spy for her native land. This is the story of the daring - and often overlooked - exploits of Margery Booth.

Sources

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a73538836/margery-booth-spy-hitler/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margery_Booth

https://www.wiganlocalhistory.org/articles/margery-booth-the-operatic-spy

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What goes around comes around is often a saying to make someone feel better - but in the case of the Brazen Bull it was apt. The Brazen Bull was a legendary and cruel torture device from the ancient world. And its first victim was the man who created it.

Sources

https://www.livius.org/articles/person/phalaris/bull-of-phalaris/

https://www.livius.org/articles/person/phalaris/

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Rikers Island - the New York City jail complex - was the home for nearly 40 years to a painting by surrealist master Salvador Dali. He donated the painting to Rikers in 1965, and it hung in the facility until 2003 - when it disappeared - and has never been found. This is the story of the Rikers Island Art Heist.

Sources

https://www.insideedition.com/how-a-salvador-dali-drawing-was-stolen-from-rikers-island-58539

https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2004/jul/15/warden-sentenced-for-stealing-dali-painting-from-rikers-island-jail/

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a22854081/rikers-island-stolen-salvador-dali-painting/

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The deadliest day in on the Great Lakes was not a ferocious storm far out to sea. But rather a calm day in a Chicago harbor. That is when a passenger steamer listed and rolled into the lake, claiming 844 lives. This is the story of the SS Eastland Disaster.

Sources

https://eastlanddisaster.org/

Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Eastland_disaster#/media/File:Eastland_Postcard_-_View_of_Eastland_taken_from_south_side_of_river_shortly_after_accident.png

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In 1958, Richard Loving - a white man - married Mildred Jeter - a black woman. The newlyweds would be arrested a year later in Virginia - where mixed race marriages were illegal. Eight years and countless court cases later, the Supreme Court - on June 12, 1967 - would strike down that law. This is the story of Richard and Mildred Jeter - and Loving Day.

Sources

https://time.com/archive/6916188/loving-day/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loving_Day

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loving_v._Virginia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mildred_and_Richard_Loving

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