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Like this gallery?Share it: On the evening of November 28, 1942, a massive fire broke out in a popular Boston nightclub known as the Cocoanut Grove. That night, 492 people died. Today, the Cocoanut Grove fire remains, by far, the deadliest disaster of its kind in history.

Before the island nation of Cuba became an object of political scorn by the United States, it was a glamorous destination for everyone from American movie stars to aristocrats to revolutionaries. While still isolated in many ways, Cuba is experiencing a resurgence in tourists and general travel interest. The island is a living, breathing testament

Ivanovich cooked for both Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin, and lived on after their deaths a not so easy feat, Katusa says. [Putins grandfather] managed to outlive the tyrants he fed so well, writes Katusa inThe Colder War. It required sensitive political instincts and nimble balancing He passed what he learned to a grandson

In the 1940s, Barbara Daly Baekeland had it all. She was married to the attractive and charming Brooks Baekeland, whose grandfather was chemist Leo Baekeland, the inventor of plastics. She was a prominent socialite, she had been called one of New Yorks ten most beautiful girls, and was a model for esteemed magazines like Vogue

Like this gallery?Share it: There's probably no architectural style of the last century that is more controversial than Brutalism. Brutalist art started out as the practice of function over form and was viewed as a quick way to rebuild urban areas of Great Britain after World War II. It was primarily used for low-cost social