In 1981, Ronald Reagan fired 11,345 air traffic controllers after they refused to end their strike and subsequently banned them from federal service for life
J.M. Barrie added the requirement of fairy dust for flying, because so many children injured themselves trying to fly after seeing the first production of “Peter Pan”
The Parental Advisory sticker eventually came into being after Tipper Gore heard her 11-year old daughter listening to Prince's "Darling Nikki", causing her to co-found Parents Music Resource Center
The first female doctor in Britain spent 56 years disguised as a man. It wasn’t until after her death in 1865, that the doctor’s secret was finally discovered.