March 4, 1993 – Annual ESPY Awards, Madison Square Garden, NYC: “And the winner of this year’s Arthur Ashe Courage Award is,” the announcer paused, “Jim Valvano, ESPN broadcaster and former head basketball coach at North Carolina State University.” Assisted by his...
February 3, 1943 – S.S. Dorchester – North Atlantic Ocean: The German torpedo ripped through the ship’s hull on the starboard side near the engine room. The lights went out, and chaos ensued in the darkness. Nearly one-third of the 904 men on board died in the first...
1944 – Ravensbruck Concentration Camp – Germany: Prisoners No. 66729 and 66730, sisters Betsie and Corrie ten Boom, huddled under the dim light bulb in the back of Barracks No. 28 so they could read their worn Bible, which they had miraculously smuggled into the...
1425 A.D. – Doremy, France: At age 13, she was in her father’s garden when she saw a bright light and heard a voice that told her, “Be a good girl. Great things are expected of you.” Frightened and confused, she dared not tell her parents. What would they think about...
May 13, 1862 – Charleston, South Carolina: Robert had planned his escape for weeks. On this foggy night,Charles Relyea, captain of the C.S.S. Planter, and his two white crewmembers left the ship after dark to spend the night ashore with their families. Smalls had...
2003 – London, England: Rosalind Savage was divorced, overweight and out of shape. She had spent the past 11 years working in a cubicle for a London computer company and hated her job and miserable life. One day at work she wrote two obituaries. The first one about...
