On August 24, in the year AD 79, Vesuvius erupted in one of the most catastrophic and famous eruptions of all time. Historians have learned about the eruption from the eyewitness account of Pliny the Younger, a Roman administrator and poet.
Katrin Davidsdottir. At just 23 years old Katrin Davidsdottir is two times world CrossFit Champion, taking home the top spot in 2015 and 2016, sheâs the real deal. Born in Iceland she now trains out of CrossFit New England.
She was only 31, when she gave an Academy Award-nominated performance in The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964). She survived losing first husband Eddie Fisher to Elizabeth Taylor following the tragic death of Michael Todd. Her second husband, shoe magnate Harry Karl, gambled away his fortune as well as hers. With her children as well as Karl's, she had to keep working and turned to the stage.