HISTORICAL ODDITIES PARTS 1 AND 2 SOURCES

Franks Hayes and Sweet Kiss

https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/10/sport/frank-hayes-sweet-kiss-belmont-park-intl-spt/index.html

Frank Hayes

https://www.nytimes.com/1923/06/05/archives/jockey-dies-as-he-wins-his-first-race-hayes-collapses-passing-the.html

Steeplechase History

https://www.britannica.com/sports/steeplechase-horse-racing

Jockey Weight Requirements

https://heavy.com/sports/2019/05/jockeys-height-weight-salary-names-best/

Royal Mail Steam Packet Company

http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/royalmail.shtml

British Pound Inflation Calculator

https://www.in2013dollars.com/uk/inflation/1911?amount=2.10

Sinking of the HMS Hawke

https://www.merseamuseum.org.uk/MMPDFs/HMS%20HAWKE.pdf

HMHS Britannic

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Britannic

Violet Jessop’s Memoirs

Jessop, V. (2012). Titanic survivor. Dobbs Ferry, NY: Sheridan House.

Violet Jessop

https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-survivor/violet-constance-jessop.html

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/04/13/violet-jessop-the-nurse-who-survived-all-three-disasters-aboard-the-sister-ships-the-titanic-britannic-and-olympic/

Baboon Image Comparison Study

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/baboons-smarter-than-we-thought/

https://psychology.uiowa.edu/sites/psychology.uiowa.edu/files/groups/wasserman/files/apaBaboonAbs.pdf

Baboon Numerical Comparison Study

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130503132719.htm

Jack the Baboon

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/559031/signalman-jack-baboon-worked-railroad-south-africa

https://www.vintag.es/2020/09/jack-the-baboon.html#:~:text=Although%20the%20baboon%20was%20always%20under%20the%20eye,witnessed%20his%20unusual%20feat%20of%20operating%20railway%20signals.

Paul Hentzner’s 1598 book in reprint:

HENTZNER, P. (2016). Paul hentzner's travels in england, during the reign of queen elizabeth (classic reprint). Place of publication not identified: FORGOTTEN Books.

Lake Havasu

https://www.americansouthwest.net/arizona/lake-havasu/index.html#:~:text=Lake%20Havasu%2C%20the%20southernmost%20of%20four%20large%20reservoirs,a%20then%20uninhabited%20part%20of%20the%20Mojave%20Desert.

https://www.usclimatedata.com/climate/lake-havasu-city/arizona/united-states/usaz0372

https://www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-travel-arizona-lake-havasu-marks-hottest-day-ever-20190614-htmlstory.html

https://www.golakehavasu.com/london-bridge#:~:text=The%20inside%20of%20the%20bridge%20is%20hollow%20because,the%20structure%20in%20order%20to%20accommodate%20auto%20traffic.

London Bridge

https://www.history.com/news/how-london-bridge-ended-up-in-arizona

https://study.com/academy/lesson/london-bridge-in-arizona-history-facts.html

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Old-London-Bridge

Six Million Dollar Man

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071054/

Elmer McCurdy

https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/crime-history/mummified-corpse-of-old-west-outlaw-elmer-mccurdy-discovered

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dead-man-gawking/

https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/elmer-mccurdy/

https://www.npr.org/2015/01/09/376097471/the-long-strange-60-year-trip-of-elmer-mccurdy

BESSIE COLEMAN: A LEGEND IN FLIGHT SOURCES

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/flygirls-bessie-coleman/

https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/bessie-coleman

https://www.nationalaviation.org/our-enshrinees/coleman-bessie/

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/11/obituaries/bessie-coleman-overlooked.html

http://www.bessiecoleman.org/wills-coleman.php

http://theoklahomaeagle.net/2018/02/16/an-original-fly-girl/

1892 Events

https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1892

Wright Brothers

https://www.nps.gov/wrbr/learn/historyculture/thefirstflight.htm

Air Warfare

https://www.britannica.com/topic/air-warfare

Air Travel History

https://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/america-by-air/online/heyday/heyday11.cfm

Oklahoma History

https://www.archives.gov/legislative/features/oklahoma

https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=LA021

https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=FI009

WW1

https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/world-war-i-history#:~:text=World%20War%20I%2C%20also%20known,Europe%20that%20lasted%20until%201918.

http://www.centre-robert-schuman.org/userfiles/files/REPERES%20%E2%80%93%20module%201-1-1%20-%20explanatory%20notes%20%E2%80%93%20World%20War%20I%20casualties%20%E2%80%93%20EN.pdf

History of Women in Flight

https://www.thoughtco.com/women-in-aviation-timeline-3528458

Robert Abbott and the Chicago Defender

https://www.pbs.org/blackpress/news_bios/defender.html

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robert-S-Abbott

Jesse Binga

https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/2019/11/15/20948399/jesse-binga-black-banker-chicago-segregation-south-side-don-hayner

Shuffle Along

https://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/interactives/harlem/themes/shuffle_along.html

JN-4

https://www.glennhcurtissmuseum.org/the-jenny.php

Amelia Earhart’s International pilot’s License

https://npg.si.edu/exhibit/earhart/pop-ups/02.html

Ida B. Wells

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ida-B-Wells-Barnett

Transatlantic Transpiration

https://theconversation.com/longing-for-the-golden-age-of-air-travel-be-careful-what-you-wish-for-34177#:~:text=After%20jets%20were%20introduced%20in,hours%20by%20the%20early%201960s.

https://transportgeography.org/contents/chapter1/emergence-of-mechanized-transportation-systems/liner-transatlantic-crossing-time/

https://www.rmg.co.uk/discover/behind-the-scenes/blog/18th-century-sailing-times-between-english-channel-and-coast-america 

THE SHARK ATTACKS OF 1916 SOURCES

Shark Species NOAA Info

https://oceantoday.noaa.gov/endoceansharks/#:~:text=There%20are%20more%20than%20450,all%20different%20colors%20and%20sizes.

UN Costal Population Statistics

https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Ocean-fact-sheet-package.pdf

Shark Deaths-Smithsonian

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/state-sharks-40-years-after-jaws-180952309/

World’s Deadliest Animals

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-animals-that-kill-most-humans.html

Snake Deaths Worldwide

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/snakebite-envenoming#:~:text=Around%2081%20000%20to%20138,are%20caused%20by%20snakebites%20annually.

2020 Shark Attack Info

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/sharks-killed-more-people-in-2020-but-attacks-remained-extremely-low-florida-study-says/2021/01/29/628b029c-6012-11eb-9430-e7c77b5b0297_story.html

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/shark-attacks/yearly-worldwide-summary/#:~:text=Global%20total%20of%20unprovoked%20shark,were%20confirmed%20to%20be%20unprovoked.

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/sharkseat.html#:~:text=Sharks%20have%20been%20known%20to,than%20we%20do%20of%20them.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/150702-shark-attack-jersey-shore-1916-great-white

https://www.livingsharks.org/1916

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/05/31/blood-in-the-water-four-dead-a-coast-terrified-and-the-birth-of-modern-shark-mania/

https://www.businessinsider.com/jaws-movie-inspiration-deadly-new-jersey-attacks-2019-8#:~:text=The%20movie%20'Jaws'%20was%20inspired,shark%20that%20killed%20four%20people&text=In%201916%2C%20four%20people%20%E2%80%94%20including,along%20the%20New%20Jersey%20shore.

https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/real-life-jaws/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-shark-attacks-that-were-the-inspiration-for-jaws-15220260/

Charles Vansant Grave and Obituary

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20471069/charles-epting-vansant#view-photo=189827305

Sharks and Brackish Water

https://usa.oceana.org/blog/could-shark-live-lake#:~:text=Secondly%2C%20most%20sharks%20can%20only,tiger%20sharks%2C%20and%20hammerhead%20sharks.&text=These%20are%20the%20only%20purely%20freshwater%20sharks%20that%20have%20been%20discovered.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/heres-why-sharks-prefer-salt-water-180953985/

Peter Benchley

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-13-me-benchley13-story.html

STEALING THE MONA LISA SOURCES:

The Mona Lisa

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Mona-Lisa-painting

https://www.reference.com/world-view/much-mona-lisa-worth-today-ea19afd66638ea57

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/may/01/italy.arts#:~:text=Da%20Vinci%20began%20the%20Mona,was%20not%20satisfied%20with%20it.

https://www.louvre.fr/en/explore/the-palace/from-the-mona-lisa-to-the-wedding-feast-at-cana

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2011/aug/05/mona-lisa-theft-louvre-leonardo

https://www.britannica.com/story/why-is-the-mona-lisa-so-famous#:~:text=The%20Mona%20Lisa's%20fame%20is,then%20novel%20three%2Dquarter%20pose.

https://www.openculture.com/2011/08/the_adoration_of_the_mona_lisa_begins_with_theft.html

https://www.npr.org/2011/07/30/138800110/the-theft-that-made-the-mona-lisa-a-masterpiece

https://www.pbs.org/treasuresoftheworld/mona_lisa/mlevel_1/mtimeline.html

https://www.pbs.org/treasuresoftheworld/mona_lisa/mlevel_2/mlevel2_trial.html

Mona Lisa is Missing Documentary Page:

https://www.monalisamissing.com/

DaVinci

https://www.biography.com/artist/leonardo-da-vinci

Mona Lisa Security

https://www.artforum.com/news/woman-throws-mug-at-mona-lisa-23437

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-mona-lisa/mona-lisas-smile-a-touch-clearer-through-louvres-new-protective-glass-idUSKBN1WN1T3