Today in 1943, a US Navy ship almost caused a gigantic tragedy, by inadvertently launching a torpedo at the president of the United States. Plus: this month in 1932, the UK’s Home Office got a complaint about ancient drawing known as the Cerne Abbas Giant and his “impassioned obscenity.”
This WWII Naval Ship Was So Unlucky, It Almost Killed FDR (Task and Purpose)
To Whom It May Concern (Futility Closet)
