Article: Mystery of the Star Dust

The link below is to an article that reports on the mystery of the disappearance of the Star Dust in 1947, a British South American Airways airliner.

For more visit:
http://sometimes-interesting.com/2012/09/17/what-happened-to-the-star-dust/

Today in History: 25 February 1947

Germany: Prussia is No More

On this day in 1947, the German state of Prussia was removed from the map. The complex story of Prussia and Germany came to an official end with Law #46 of the Allied Control Council following the German defeat in World War II. Prussia was divided up and formed parts of other states including both East and West Germany, as well as Poland and the Soviet Union.

For more, visit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prussia