People have been sharing their most tenuous historical claims to fame – 17 eye-opening links to the past
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My father-in-law saved the life of King George II of Greece in the 1920s by rugby-tackling him to the ground on an Athens air strip to save him from being decapitated by the prop of my father-in-law’s bi-plane. Then he flew the King over the Acropolis.
— Brendan O’Brien (@B_OBrien451) September 7, 2024
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my father took tea with the man who killed Rasputin
— Bernard Pearson (@BernardPearso19) September 7, 2024
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My great uncle was chaplain at Alcatraz and Al Capone served at mass for him regularly in the 1930s
— seansexton58 (@seansexton58) September 7, 2024
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When I was circumcised in 1969, I was held by my 84-year-old Great Grampa Harry. When he was circumcised (in Poland) in 1885 he was held by his great grandfather Hersch, who was born in 1793, early in George Washington’s second term. Two snips ✂️ from the 18th C.
— Giles Coren (@gilescoren) September 7, 2024
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My great grandmother remembered Lord Cardigan of the Charge of the Light Brigade getting off the train at Kettering Station.
— Richard Coles (@RevRichardColes) September 7, 2024
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I lunched with a man who was chased by a man who slept with a man who had been present in Moscow during Napoleon’s retreat of 1812.
— Matthew Sweet (@DrMatthewSweet) September 7, 2024
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The original Mr Tunnock catered my grandparents’ wedding, before he got famous for teacakes.
— Miss Jewitt (@LNS_MissJ) September 7, 2024
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Wild Bill Hicock’s great granddaughter flat sat for me once
— Nicholas Booth (@Thievesbook) September 7, 2024