26Billy Joel
In 1968, Billy Joel looped some random cables around his shoulder, put on a fake British accent, and pretended to be Jimi Hendrix's roadie to sneak into a concert. He wound up being convincing enough to actually be put to work as a stagehand during the show.
27. In 1962, American journalist Mike Wallace's oldest son Peter went missing while exploring in Greece. Wallace flew to Greece alone, asked the question, followed his son's last known locations and found his body at the bottom of a hill where he fell while hiking.
28. In 1963, an East German soldier named Wolfgang Engels stole a tank and drove it through the Berlin Wall at top speed to try and escape.
29. In 1960, Slinky inventor Richard James left his wife and their six children to join a cult down in Bolivia. His wife, Betty, took over and turned the failing company completely around. In 2001, Betty was inducted into the Toy Industry Hall of Fame.
30. In 1966, two men named Miguel Jose Viana and Manoel Pereira da Cruz climbed up a hill in Brazil, placed lead masks over their faces, and apparently killed themselves for unexplained reasons. The only clue left behind was a note that read, "16:30 be at agreed place, 18:30 swallow capsules, after effect protect metals wait for mask signal."
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31Ewa Kłobukowska
1964 Olympic champion Ewa Kłobukowska, failed the newly-introduced gender test before the European Cup in 1967 and was consequently banned from competing and stripped of her records. A year later, she gave birth to her first child.
32. In 1966, French President Charles de Gaulle demanded that all American military personnel leave France. American President Lyndon Johnson asked if that order applied to American soldiers in French cemeteries.
33. In 1961, a little girl named Michelle Rochon wrote a letter to John F. Kennedy asking if Santa Claus was okay during the Soviet's nuclear testing at the North Pole. Kennedy wrote back to her saying that he spoke with Santa and that he's okay.
34. In 1967, Van Morrison still owed his record company 31 songs to finish his contract, so he quickly wrote and recorded 31 nonsense songs with titles such as "Ring Worm", "You Say France And I Whistle", "Blow In Your Nose" and "Want A Danish?"
35. A woman named Daniela Liverani in Scotland had frequent nosebleeds that she believed were due to a motorbike crash. She later found out her nosebleeds were because of something living inside of her. A month after the accident, while in the shower, she discovered that there was a 3-inch long leech living in her nostril.
