In 1820, the whaling ship Essex was attacked and sunk by a sperm whale, inspiring Herman Melville’s novel "Moby-Dick." In 1904, a group of children in New York City formed the first "newsboy strike," successfully demanding better pay and working conditions. In 1969, the "Great Moon Hoax" was exposed; it was a series of articles published in 1835 claiming life had been discovered on the moon. In 1920, the Wall Street bombing left 38 dead, a major unsolved act of terrorism in the U.S. In 1897, the Aurora, Texas, UFO incident involved a mysterious airship crash and a reported alien burial.