What happened on this day in history: The Ford Motor Company sells its first car, singer Amy Winehouse dies, and other events that occurred on July 23rd.1536: Henry VIII’s Illegitimate Son Dies Henry Fitzroy, the illegitimate son of England’s King Henry VIII, dies at the age of 17 at St. James Palace in London. Fitzroy, whose mother Elizabeth Blount was a lady-in-waiting to Queen Catherine of Aragon, was openly acknowledged by his father.

In the jungles of Vietnam where order and discipline hung by a thread, some officers faced a danger greater than the Viet Cong: their own men.NATIONAL ARCHIVES/AFP/Getty ImagesMore incidents of fragging occured in the Vietnam War than in either World War. What Was Fragging? As the Vietnam War dragged on, soldiers began to see the war as unjust and unwinnable, leading to openly mutinous behavior. By way of a “fragmentation grenade,” from which the term “fragging” was derived, a soldier could effectively do away with an officer without leaving any evidence.

Even after U.S. Army Lt. William Calley helped perpetrate the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War, most Americans supported him and he faced little punishment for his crimes.William Calley combed his hair. He ate scrambled eggs and creamed hamburger. Then, he grabbed his ammunition, his rifle, and his cartridge belt and set off for the tiny farming hamlet of My Lai in Vietnam. It was March 16, 1968. A year and a half later, Calley would be charged, court-martialed, and sentenced to life in prison for what became known as the My Lai Massacre.

How Vincent Palermo Allegedly Served As The Inspiration For Tony Soprano RedditThe story of New Jersey mob boss Vincent Palermo mirrored that of TV kingpin Tony Soprano so closely that Palermo’s men were once caught on an FBI wiretap discussing The Sopranos. Many people were first introduced to the inner workings of the Mafia through the television show The Sopranos, which ran on HBO from 1999 until 2007. The show followed the life of Tony Soprano, played by James Gandolfini, a man who lived a double life as a mob boss and a family man in suburban New Jersey.

Reality TV shows are notorious for pushing people to the brink — and sometimes to murder.Reality television draws numerous critics and massive ratings due to its razor-sharp focus on eliciting conflict. When all-out conflict is the reality TV producer’s ultimate goal, what’s at stake for the show’s “actors?” What happens when production takes things too far and that conflict bleeds into real life? The Jenny Jones Show The Jenny Jones show ran from 1991 to 2003.