In May 1979, American Airlines Flight 191 crashed just minutes after departing Chicago's O'Hare Airport, killing 273 people and sparking a wave of new airline safety regulations.Tribune Content Agency LLC / Alamy Stock PhotoAmerican Airlines Flight 191 crashed in a burst of flames less than a mile away from the runway. On May 25, 1979, a passenger flight from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport ended in disaster — not even a mile from the runway.

Meet Dran, who takes on issues like poverty, development, and contemporary civilization through his fantastic street art.Meet Dran, the amazing street artist who has been called the ‘French Bansky’. Similar in tone, style, and medium to Bansky, Dran critiques the seemingly endless contradictions of the modern world. From poverty to tourism to environmental destruction, witness as Dran takes on the issues of contemporary civilization through his fantastic art: Enjoy this gallery of Dran's fantastic street art?

In 1972-1973, Herbert Mullin killed 13 people in California because he thought it could stop an earthquake. This is his chilling story.Public DomainHerbert Mullin In 1972, Herbert Mullin believed that there would soon be a massive earthquake near his home in northern California. And Mullin had a grisly solution to the problem. A diagnosed schizophrenic who’d heard voices in his head warning him about the earthquake, Herbert Mullin believed that he could stop the deadly event from happening if he murdered a number of people.

The Manzanar Relocation Center was one of ten Japanese concentration camps that the United States government created during World War II. The first group of 82 Japanese-Americans arrive at the Manzanar internment camp carrying their belongings in suitcases and bags. March 21, 1942. Eliot Elisofon/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images The outskirts of the relocation center.Wikimedia Commons Farming at Manzanar.Ansel Adams/Library of Congress Internees at the relocation center.Library of Congress Manzanar internee Tom Kobayashi.

The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill in January 1848 sparked a mass migration to California — but not everyone was lucky enough to strike it rich. An advertisement for a steam ship company during the California gold rush.Wikimedia Commons Male and female prospectors at Auburn Ravine in Placer County, California, 1852. The vast majority of prospectors were men, but women went west during the California gold rush as well.

From isolated islands in the South Pacific to the chilly confines of northern Canada, these are the most remote places on Earth.Most Remote Places In Human Civilization: Alert, Canada The small village of Alert lies on the tip of the Nunavut territory in Canada a mere five hundred miles below the North Pole. With a year-round population of five people, Alert is one of the most treacherous and remote places in the world.

See the glorious USS Akron airship and learn why this vintage flying vessel's historic crash has now largely been forgotten.The USS Akron flying above the Manhattan skyline in the early 1930s. Long before there were jumbo jets and cruise ships ferrying people to every imaginable destination, there were airships. Huge, helium-filled, blimp-like aircraft were the cutting edge of transit technology nearly a century ago. Surely as Depression-era New Yorkers looked up and saw the USS Akron airship flying above Manhattan’s iconic skyline, they saw the future.

Jimi Hendrix's death has remained a mystery since he was found in a London hotel on September 18, 1970. But how did Jimi Hendrix die?A performance by Jimi Hendrix was sure to be frenetic, full of energy, and wild. He would rip fast on his guitar and oftentimes smash his instrument to pieces at the end of a show. Watching Hendrix play was more than merely observing a performance — it was an experience.

An Australian park ranger gasped when she saw the record-breaking monster cane toad, now dubbed "Toadzilla." Queensland Government Park ranger Kylee Gray holds the record-breaking cane toad dubbed “Toadzilla.” Park rangers in Australia made a discovery this week that shocked viewers and broke records: a nearly six-pound cane toad now dubbed “Toadzilla.” The toad was found during a routine trail check in Australia’s Conway National Park, when park ranger Kylee Gray stopped her vehicle for a passing snake.

What happened on this day in history: Benito Mussolini is executed, Martin Bryant commits the Port Arthur Massacre, and other noteworthy events from April 28th.357 C.E. Emperor Constantius II Arrives In Rome Emperor Constantius II arrives in Rome for the first time. The third son of Emperor Constantine, Constantius was born in present-day Serbia and initially shared power with his brothers. Upon their deaths, he solidified his rule by riding to Rome with great fanfare, entering the city in a golden coach.