Misc: In 1903 John Ringling---------- , circus director born?

Questions

what ship, nearly capsized in a storm in 1937, gave passenger paul gallico the idea for the poseidon adventure?

what gangster was nicknamed the lord high executioner?

what river had bodies floatin' in eve of destruction?

what author of couples suggested in a 1969 paris review piece that we 'take coitus out of the closet'?

what television fbi agent received a citation from general william westmoreland for narrating a film on the army reserve?