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Nathaniel Butler introduced the first potato grown by Europeans in North America to Jamestown, Virginia. 
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| Hugo Jaeger's personal collection of photographs includes colour shots of Adolf Hitler on a cruise in 1939 and of the Nazi leader attending a Christmas party in 1941. |
| Bob Dylan's song "On the Road Again" previews the grotesque characters that would feature in Dylan's later songs. |
| In 1961, a British Velocette Venom motorcycle set the 24-hour world record at a speed of 100.05 mph which has never been equalled since. |
| In September 1945, Lieutenant General Barney M. Giles piloted one of three B-29 Superfortresses that were the first to fly nonstop from Japan to the United States. |
| Hotel Woodland was designed by William Henry Weeks, a prominent architect, and was his 14th and last major work in Woodland, California. |
| Although experts expected ethanol cars (example pictured) to underperform their petrol counterparts, Polestar Racing's E85-powered S60 won the first two races of the 2007 Swedish Touring Car Championship. |
| Had she been completed, the German aircraft carrier I would have been the largest German carrier of World War II, longer even than the Graf Zeppelin-class aircraft carriers?. |
| Hockenhull Platts, three bridges on a medieval road in Cheshire, England, were crossed in 1353 by the Black Prince, in 1698 by Celia Fiennes, and in 1780 by Thomas Pennant. |
| The song "Soy Así" was recorded by Mexican singer José José during a personal crisis that included a divorce and a change of management. |
| The Philippines Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) spent a total of 112.71 million pesos for the overseas absentee voters in 2004. |
| Although threatened by habitat destruction, the endangered Nicobar Bulbul does not appear to have been impacted by the Red-whiskered Bulbul or the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. |
| The discovery of oil in 1966 led to Dubai's rapid expansion and modernisation. |
| The West Point Rice Mill (pictured) was proposed for a Pan Am seabase terminal in the 1930s. |
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