the earliest Roman glass found in China comes from a 1st-century-BC tomb in Guangzhou, dated to the Han Dynasty?
Thomas Robbins, the Connecticut Historical Society&#٠٣٩;s first librarian, owned the ٣٨٥ volume Journal des sçavans, the earliest published scholarly periodical?
world motorcycle champion Mike Hailwood won the ١٩٦٥ Hutchinson ١٠٠ Production race at Silverstone on a BSA Lightning Clubman?
Francis Mallison was elected to the New York State Assembly after being held as a Union prisoner of war during the American Civil War?
the private company Gråkallbanen reopened the Trondheim Tramway in ١٩٩٠, two years after it had been permanently closed by the city council?
wrestling manager Lou Albano&#٠٣٩;s part in a Cyndi Lauper music video inspired storylines for World Wrestling Federation shows The Brawl to End it All and The War to Settle the Score?
Keene Fitzpatrick (pictured) invented modern pole-vaulting technique, coached five Olympic gold medalists, and trained the University of Michigan&#٠٣٩;s "Point-a-Minute" football teams from ١٩٠١ to ١٩٠٥?
when NBC pulled "Steve Burdick", an AIDS-themed episode of the medical drama Lifestories, gay and AIDS activists accused the network of fearing advertiser backlash?
the Port of Piraeus is the largest passenger port in Europe and one of the largest in the world with total traffic of ٢١,٥٢٢,٩١٧ people in ٢٠٠٧?