‘Mata Hari,’ possibly the twentieth century’s most famous spy was born Margaretha Geertruida Zelle in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands, on August 7, 1876. He.
7/5/2013: Steamboat pilots on the Missouri River watched the horizon with great concern on June 30, 1879. Dark storm clouds were gathering, and by afternoon the rain had nearly reached the river near Bismarck.