Landmarks

The 1875 Expedition That Found the Ocean's Deepest Trench

The Mariana Trench remained undiscovered until a crew from the HMS Challenger unsuspectingly lowered a weighted rope into its immense depths.

Marianas Trench

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6 People Who Made Big Money During the Great Depression
Great Depression

6 People Who Made Big Money During the Great Depression

Shigeru Miyamoto, creative fellow at Nintendo and creator of Super Mario, speaks on stage during an Apple launch event, 2016.
Inventions & Science

How Super Mario Helped Nintendo Conquer the Video Game World

1960s

When Warning Labels Led to a Crackdown on Smoking

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The mummified arm and shoulder of a mummy known as the Siberian Ice Maiden.
Prehistory

The Mystery of Siberia's 'Ice Maiden' Mummy

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The Race to Construct the First Subway System

Boston and New York City compete to build the first subway system, which sends ripples through the mass transit system forever.

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1994

Violence erupts in Rwanda, foreshadowing genocide

1954

President Eisenhower presents Cold War “domino theory”

1961

JFK lobbies Congress to help save historic sites in Egypt

1949

Tony-winning musical “South Pacific” opens on Broadway

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If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.-Shirley Chisholm
The longer you can look back, the farther you can look forward.-Winston Churchill

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Cold War

Inside the Government’s Top-Secret Cold War Hideouts

These are the places where top officials planned to evacuate to the event of a nuclear attack.

U.S. Navy nuclear test, Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands.

9 Nuclear Near-Misses During the Cold War

Called 'broken arrows,' these accidents came dangerously close to wreaking atomic devastation.

When the Pentagon Dug Secret Cold War Ice Tunnels to Hide Nukes

The project, dubbed "Project Iceworm," sounds like a setting for a James Bond spy movie—except it was real and the remains present a toxic mess

Unidentified: UFO Activity Map

Why Have There Been So Many UFO Sightings Near Nuclear Facilities?

It started in the 1940s, near A-bomb development sites. More recently, something has been stalking nuclear carrier strike groups.

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Who's Making History

Aaron Leanhardt

The physicist-turned-coach helped design the "torpedo" bat, a potentially game-changing innovation in baseball.

The Beatles

The Beatles

Casting has been announced for who will play The Fab Four in four upcoming biopics told from the perspective of each band member.

Carlo Acutis

Carlo Acutis

Set to be canonized on April 27, Acutis, who died at age 15, will be the first millennial Catholic saint.

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