October 16

Really, I have no idea how that got in my luggage.
William C. Newell needed to have a new well dug on his farm in Cardiff, New York. On the 16th in 1869, he hired some men and gave them detailed instructions about where to dig this well. Much to the surprise of the workers, but not to Newell, a 10-foot tall-petrified man was discovered exactly where they had been told to dig a well. Word quickly spread and Newell made a small fortune by charging admission to see the Cardiff Giant. P.T. Barnum got involved and a lot of people paid a lot of money to view this wonder of nature until the hoax was exposed in February 1870.