Keith Moon was born on the 23rd August 1946. He rose to fame at a young age as the drummer for The Who. He was well known for consuming copius amounts of drugs and alcohol and for his debaucherous antics. In 1967, on the day of his 21st birthday he allegedly drove a Lincoln Continental into the swimming pool of The Holiday Inn in Flint, Michigan.
On the tenth of May 1871, the Irish-American boxer Joe Coburn took on the heavyweight champion, Jem Mace. The fight lasted over one hour and neither man is adjudged to have landed a punch.
Vinvent "The Chin" Gigante was a leading figure in the New York mafia. Born on the 29th of March 1928, the former boxer turned mobster rose through the ranks to become boss of the powerful Genovese family. In later life we would wander the streets of Greenwich Village in his bathrobe and slippers, feigning insanity to put off any would-be prosecutors. His luck ran out in 1997 when he was tried and convicted of racketeering, He died in prison in 2005.
