10 Interesting Fact About Strange but true historical events

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• In 1838, a war between Ohio and Michigan, known as Toleredo War, began because the two states at a dispute about a very small territory.
• In 1814, British troops attacked the city of Washington D.C. and burning the White House. This is the only time in the history of the United States where the city of the capital city was captured by the enemy.
• In 1904, the summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri, included some very strange competitions. One example is a crawling competition like a baby.
• In 1799, a French soldier named Pierre-Francois Bouchard found Rosetta stones in Egypt, who eventually helped experts in understanding Hieroglyph's writings.
• In 1956, a Beetle Volkswagen car parked near the Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco, California, fell from its parking lot and landed under the bridge. The car symbolizes the success of Volkswagen in America.
• In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell made his first phone call to his assistant named Thomas Watson with Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you. (Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you).
• In 1836, the state of Texas proclaimed its independence from Mexico after epic battle in Alamo. Texas then joined the United States in 1845.
• In 1919, a man named Roy Sullivan became the most victim of lightning in history. He survived the seven times struck by lightning in his life.
• In 1972, JAL 1628 passenger aircraft reported that they were flooded by three unknown flying objects on the Alaska Desert. This incident is known as the Incident JAL 1628 and is one of the most famous UFO incidents in the world.
• In 1812, Napoleon Bonaparte sent troops to Russia to conquer the country. However, his troops were defeated by a very hard winter and only a small part of the troops who survived returned to France.