- Richard III was the last Plantagenet king as well as the last king of the House of York. So far.
- Frank Shuster of Wayne and Shuster was a cousin of Superman artist and co-creator Joe Shuster
- Al Gore was Tommy Lee Jones roommate at Harvard.
- The first steel frame skyscraper was built in Chicago, Illinois. It was ten storeys high
- The 3 astronauts who traveled to the moon in Apollo 11 are Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins.