HISTORY #deep

I'm proud to say that I'm an October baby, born on the 3rd when so many incidences that shook the world has occurred. 

One of them that got me slack-jawed was the incident in year 2014 when JPMorgan Chase and Co. , a leading global financial services firm and one of the largest banking institutions in the United States, was hacked, exposing the personal information of 83 million bank account holders. Millions of names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses and confidential details related to the users were compromised, leading to them always being wary of their surroundings because of their fear.

Another tragedy was when a vicious shipwreck that took the lives of 325 people took place in Italy in the year 2013. The only survivors, or should I say fighters, fought for their lives by grabbing to life's threads for three long hours trying to stay afloat till dawn broke. I quote the fisherman's words when he found the struggling men there in the morning, "It was a scene from a film, something you hope never to see in life." 

Next, in year 2003, Mantecore, a white tiger lunged at Roy Horn's neck in the middle of a sold-out performance of Siegfried & Roy. Horn suffered from an excessive blood lost on the journey to the hospital, got a stroke and required two surgeries. Fortunately, he survived the attack but was, however, left partially paralysed. It was later explained that the way Mantecore 'attacked' Horn was the same method as how a mother cat does with her cubs. The level of affection was too much that it almost took Horn's life.

Moving on, Japan's magnetically levitated (maglev) train broke the world speed record in year 1997 at the speed of 280.3 mph. The speed was so high that it was estimated to halve the usual time required to travel from Tokyo to Osaka. 

Last but not least, in year 1988, Lebanese kidnappers released Mithileshwar Singh who was held hostage for 30 days. He was kidnapped along with three other Americans from Beirut University College in January 1987. When he was abruptly released, President Reagan insisted that no negotiations have been carried out with the kidnappers.