Following the sinking of the HMS Hood and the loss of 1,415 sailors on May 24, 1941, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill commanded that the offending ship, the Bismarck, be hunted down and sunk in retribution. "Sink the Bismarck!" became a rallying cry of the Royal Navy and the Bismarck was found and damaged on t

On May 28, 1987, in one of the more bizarre moments of the Cold War, an amateur West German pilot named Mathias Rust "evaded" Soviet defenses as he flew from Finland to Moscow and landed near Red Square. Rust said his purpose was to reduce tension between Cold War sides. Strangely enough, he did help end the Cold War â?? by lowering Soviet citi