Salvatore Morrella, Joseph Sapia and John Russo told police they were fruit merchants on their way back to Amsterdam from New York City with what they said was a load of grapes when they were stopped by authorities in Hudson, according to The Daily Gazette on Sept. 3, 1921.
On the eve of Independence, Jawaharlal Nehru delivered his “Tryst with Destiny” speech, considered among the greatest speeches of the 20th century. In the run-up to independence, a handful of powerful princes devised a plan to remain independent. The Nawab of Bhopal was operating under the direct patronage of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Lord Archibald Percival […]