Oct 31st, 2008 · The Delta Queen has plied U.S. waterways since 1926, but its wooden structure concerns some people who worry about safety. Despite an elaborate fire-prevention system, the vessel is set to sail for the final time unless a last-minute congressional reprieve spares the steamboat.
Sep 8th, 2007 · Mountain climber Agnes Veille, who died in 1926, climbed almost all of Colorado's 14,000-foot peaks. The Colorado Mountain Club wants to name a peak after her, but some local commissioners are resisting on the grounds that a waterfall and a shelter already bear Veille's name.
Mar 23rd, 2007 · Decades after his death, the relatives of Harry Houdini want to exhume the famed magician's body to determine if he was murdered. At the time of his death in 1926, Houdini was said to have died from a ruptured appendix.
Oct 21st, 2006 · Dr. Andrew Norman has a theory about writer Agatha Christie's mysterious 1926 disappearance. Amid a marital crisis, the creator of Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot was missing for 11 days before she was discovered at a hotel in Harrogate, England.