55 Photos That Define American History, Inside The Murky Story Of Billy The Kid's Final Shootout, And More From History Uncovered

[History Uncovered]( [55 Of The Most Powerful Photos From American History And The Incredible Stories Behind Them]( [On September 20, 1932, Charles C. Ebbets snapped the famous photo "Lunch atop a Skyscraper" — while straddling a steel beam 69 stories above the ground.]( ['Completely Surreal': A Metal Detectorist In Norway Just Found A Gold Coin With The Face Of Jesus On It]( [The 1,000-year-old Byzantine coin was discovered in the mountains of Vestre Slidre in central Norway — and experts have no idea how it ended up there.]( [9 Historical Family Feuds, From The Wars Of The Roses To The Real Red Wedding Seen In 'Game Of Thrones']( [On November 24, 1440, young King James II of Scotland invited 16-year-old William, 6th Earl of Douglas, and his brother David to dine with him at Edinburgh Castle. During this "Black Dinner," Chancellor William Crichton allegedly placed a bull's head on the table in front of the Douglas boys before accusing them of treason and having them beheaded.]( [Archaeologists Believe They've Found A 6,500-Year-Old Cemetery Just South Of The Arctic Circle]( [How Did Billy The Kid Die? Inside The Gunslinging Outlaw's Final Showdown With Sheriff Pat Garrett]( [In July 1881, Pat Garrett snuck into the New Mexico ranch where Billy the Kid was rumored to be staying, then ambushed him in a darkened room and shot him dead.]( [An Orchestra In London Just Performed Music 'Recomposed' From Unfinished Scores Found At Auschwitz]( [Inside The Boston Tea Party — And How It Changed American History Forever]( [On the night of December 16, 1773, over 100 American colonists disguised themselves as Native Americans and boarded three ships docked in Boston Harbor that were loaded with British tea. In protest of the British Parliament's Tea Act, the colonists threw crate after crate of tea into the water below.]( [These Seven Swords Were Recently Unearthed In Northern Germany — And They're 3,000 Years Old]( [Archaeologists In Spain Unearth An Ancient Animal Sacrifice Pit Filled With Nearly 7,000 Bones]( [The animals were buried in three different layers, suggesting three separate mass sacrifices. The animals in the first two layers were simply killed and buried, while the bones in the third layer showed signs that the creatures were butchered and eaten — perhaps in a ritual feast.]( [9 Famous Nostradamus Prophesies And The Real Historical Events They Allegedly Foretold]( [In 1555, the French astrologer Nostradamus published a book of prophetic poems called "Les Propheties," and some say that many of his predictions have come true.]( [This Is What Jesus' Friends And Family Actually Called Him — And No, It Wasn't Jesus]( [The name used by English speakers today is an English adaptation of a German transliteration of a Latin transliteration of a Greek transliteration of an originally Hebrew name.]( [33 Images Of Shunga, The Erotic Art That Gripped Japan During The Edo Period]( [Shunga was outlawed in 1722, but that didn't stop artists from creating it.]( [Dozens Of Decapitated Victims From An Ancient Headhunt Have Been Found In A Mass Grave In China]( [Alongside these 41 headless skeletons, researchers uncovered bone tools believed to be the handles once attached to the stone blades used to commit these murders.]( [Inside Cabrini-Green, The Infamous Chicago Housing Project Whose Horrors Inspired 'Candyman']( [After 37 shootings occurred in Cabrini-Green in early 1981, then-Mayor of Chicago Jane Byrne moved to the neighborhood in an effort to draw attention to its problems. She only lasted three weeks before moving out.]( [The Death Of Marilyn Monroe: Accident, Suicide, Or Murder?]( [Marilyn Monroe died inside her Los Angeles home on August 4, 1962 at age 36. It was ruled a suicide by barbiturate overdose, but questions remain to this day.]( [Listen To The Latest History Uncovered Podcast]( [Over the past month, we've covered a number of fascinating stories, including the unearthing of a 1,000-year-old skeleton in Germany that was missing all of its facial bones, a historian who stumbled upon scores of lost French letters from the Seven Years War, the curious find of a Bronze Age meeting hall that may have ties to the legendary King Hinz, and the sale of a menu from the RMS Titanic.]( [Become An All That's Interesting Member]( [For just $4.99 a month, you'll enjoy All That's Interesting without ads, receive a quarterly letter from the editor, and get exclusive access to premium podcast episodes.]( [Unsubscribe]( [Update Subscription]( [History Uncovered On Instagram]( [History Uncovered On Facebook](