Late on the night of November 22, 1987, an unknown person interrupted broadcasts on two Chicago television stations while wearing a mask resembling Max Headroom, a glitchy, distorted futuristic TV character popular in the 1980s. The hijacker rambled, made strange jokes, and behaved erratically before the signal abruptly ended. Despite an FBI investigation, the “Max Headroom Incident” was never solved.
While Chunauti, real name Juna Rai, had joined the Maoist People's Liberation Army in 2003, her brother enlisted in the Royal Nepali Army and both fought on opposite sides during the battles of Bhojpur and Diktel Districts. After the end of the conflict Juna Rai was among the Maoist soldiers integrated into the national army.
Taken on August 5, 1948, in Chicago, this photo shows 24-year-old Lucille Chalifoux and her four children. Facing eviction and desperate, the family put up a real "4 Children for Sale" sign.
The tragic reality is that within two years, all four children—and the unborn baby she was carrying—were either sold or given away:
* **Rae Ann and Milton:** Sold to a farming family for just a few dollars. They were chained in a barn, forced into hard labor, and suffered horrific abuse.
* **David (the unborn baby):** Adopted by a strict but loving family, later reconnected with his siblings.
* **The Mother:** Remarried and had four more children. When her abandoned children finally found her years later, she showed absolutely no remorse.
Though often misdated to the 1929 Great Depression, this photo remains a heartbreaking symbol of extreme poverty in post-WWII America.