Hundreds of children in Richmond, Virginia, will see it in nightmares. A huge Rudolph balloon was guided by volunteers using ropes. The reindeer took a blow to the head courtesy of the traffic light and deflated in front of horrified children.
It happened last January in a small European country Montenegro. 11-year-old female hippo Nikica escaped from the private zoo she used to live in for the past nine years. It was an accidental escape that happened during a flood. The hippo who lived in the backyard swam over the fence into the streets of the town. 9 days later Nikica came back home.
On December 7, 1941, the Japanese launched a surprise attack against the U.S. Forces stationed at Pearl Harbor , Hawaii. Almost 70 years later (in 2011 it will be the 70-year anniversary) was found an old Brownie camera with a film inside it. The film contains previously unseen photos of Pearl Harbor bombing. The photos were taken by a sailor who was on the USS Quapaw ATF-110.