A successful actress and singer, Claudine Longet became infamous after she shot skier Spider Sabich to death inside their Aspen, Colorado home on March 21, 1976.Aspen, Colorado in 1976 was a fun, wealthy, and picturesque town. But all of that changed when singer Claudine Longet was arrested for shooting her boyfriend, beloved Olympian Vladimir “Spider” Sabich, to death. Sabich was an adored athlete at the peak of his skiing career while Longet was a divorcé with a dwindling résumé.

Ivan Sidorenko, originally an artist, taught himself how to be a sniper for the Red Army. Turns out his true talent lay in the art of killing.Fedor Kulikov/Flickr.comIvan Sidorenko as a young man in the Soviet Army. Ivan Sidorenko enlisted in the Red Army seemingly on a whim. He was a college and high-school dropout who was an art student. But the military revealed in him a deadly talent. Sidorenko lived by the “one shot, one kill” ethos and became a one-man killing machine for the Soviet Union who would rack up some 500 single-handed deaths during World War 2.

‘Speed killers’ Loren Herzog and Gary Shermantine were hard-partying methamphetamine users who are suspected of slaughtering as many as 72 people in San Joaquin County in the 1980s and '90s.Public DomainLoren Herzog and Wesley Shermantine became known as the Speed Freak Killers in 2001. In the midst of one of California’s darkest seasons, plagued by the crimes of several of history’s most notorious serial killers, 16-year-old Chevelle “Chevy” Wheeler went missing.

Malaysia Wikimedia CommonsChief minister Musa Aman with traditional Dusun headgear during the opening ceremony of Kaamatan 2015. Another country that celebrates Thanksgiving by way of honoring the harvest is Malaysia. They observe the Kaamatan harvest festival, which is celebrated in the state of Sabah in Malaysia. It’s celebrated by the native ethnic Kadazan-Dusuns people for the month of May and culminates in a two-day public holiday that’s celebrated throughout the country. Rice is very important in the Kadazandusun communities, and as such rice is the main ingredient in the dishes served during the festival.

More people have been to space than to the wreck of the Titanic, but over the next few years that could change. Wikimedia CommonsThe bow of the Titanic. On April 15, 1912, at 2:20 a.m., the last portion of the RMS Titanic slipped beneath the icy waves of the Atlantic Ocean. Over the next five to 10 minutes, the ship came to rest at the bottom of the sea, some 12,000 feet below the surface.

The world's fastest human could have run circles around history's most feared predator.YouTube The T. rex has earned a legacy as one of the most formidable predators in history. With a bite force equal to getting smashed by three cars, none of us ever envied the people in the Jurassic Park jeeps. Now, though, a cutting-edge study shows that the ruler of the dinosaur kingdom confined his cardio to a brisk walk.

Bloodthirsty crowds reveled in venationes that saw the mass slaughter of animals like lions, elephants, and bears as the Romans forever altered the ecosphere of an entire region. Wikimedia CommonsA mosaic depicting popular forms of entertainment in ancient Rome, including venationes. In ancient Rome, nothing could spice up a night like attending a venatio. These battles, usually held at the Colosseum or in Circus Maximus, involved exotic animals like lions, bears, and hippos.

Born in Tunis, Tunisia to Sicilian immigrants in 1938, Claudia Cardinale never intended to become a movie star — but fate had other plans.Starting in the late 1950s, a dark-haired beauty started to appear in Italian and French movies. Husky-voiced and alluring, she was soon dubbed the “Italian Brigitte Bardot.” But Claudia Cardinale was a legendary actress and sex symbol in her own right — as the photos above prove.

What happened on this day in history: Henry VIII weds Catherine of Aragon, the Le Mans disaster kills 82, and more events that happened on June 11th throughout history. 1509: King Henry VIII Marries Catherine Of Aragon Public DomainCatherine of Aragon, Henry VIII’s first wife. King Henry VIII marries his first wife Catherine of Aragon at Greenwich Palace in England. Though their marriage lasted almost 24 years and produced a child, Mary I, Henry desired a male heir.

What happened on this day in history: The Globe Theatre burns down, Jayne Mansfield dies in a car crash, and more. 1613: The Globe Theatre Burns Down Tohma/Wikimedia CommonsThe modern-day Globe Theatre was constructed in the 1990s. The Globe Theatre in London burns down during a performance of Henry VIII after a theatrical cannon misfires. First built in 1599, the theater put on many of William Shakespeare’s plays when they debuted for the first time.