This post was originally published on this siteIn 1995, 44-year-old McArthur Wheeler became the unintentional face of a major psychological breakthrough after attempting one of […]
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1963, Richard Avedon’s camera captured a moment that collapses time. William Casby, born in 1857, holds his […]
This post was originally published on this sitePatented around 1879–1880, these glass or earthenware “banjo” shaped bottles allowed babies to self-feed. Many had sweet sounding […]
This post was originally published on this siteIn the 1950s, selling cigarettes in hospitals was a routine, accepted practice, with staff often wheeling carts directly […]
This post was originally published on this siteSarah Rector (1902–1967) was an African American girl who became one of the nation’s youngest and first Black […]
This post was originally published on this siteThis image is a 25,000-year-old Paleolithic engraving of a woman found deep within the Cussac Cave (Grotte de […]
This post was originally published on this siteThis iconic image, dating from 1863–1865 (often cited as 1864), is a quarter-plate ambrotype featuring an African American […]
This post was originally published on this siteShi Pei Pu (1938–2009) was a Chinese opera singer from Beijing who became the center of one of […]
This post was originally published on this siteOn November 22, 1968, Japan Air Lines (JAL) Flight 2, a Douglas DC-8-62 named Shiga, made an accidental […]
This post was originally published on this siteThe Cardiff Giant was a 10-foot-tall (3.0 m) gypsum statue that became one of the most famous archaeological […]
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1897, Swedish engineer S. A. Andrée led a high-stakes, patriotic attempt to reach the North Pole using […]
This post was originally published on this siteOn June 5, 1968, Robert F. Kennedy was shot by Sirhan Sirhan at the Ambassador Hotel in Los […]
This post was originally published on this siteDuring the 1977 Canadian Grand Prix at Mosport Park, James Hunt punched track marshal Ernie Strong in a […]
This post was originally published on this siteAffectionately known to locals as “The Pev,” Peveril of the Peak is one of Manchester’s most iconic and […]
This post was originally published on this siteThe story of Anne Sullivan and Helen Keller is one of the most famous examples of human resilience […]
This post was originally published on this siteThe wedding dress of Grace Kelly, worn during her wedding to Rainier III, Prince of Monaco on April […]
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1966, Frank Zappa appeared on The Joe Pyne Show, a confrontation-style talk show known for its aggressive […]
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1963, Robert Kearns, an engineer with a PhD, invented the intermittent windshield wiper. Inspired by the human […]
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1884, Prince Roland Bonaparte led an anthropological expedition to Northern Norway (Finnmark) and Sweden to document the […]
This post was originally published on this siteThis image captures a 1982 protest event in northern Indiana where two businessmen, Jim Coleman and Charlie Cobb, […]
This post was originally published on this siteSeat belts may be all right for adults, but try keeping a squirming five-year-old child buckled up for […]
This post was originally published on this siteOn June 19, 1953, just one day before the scheduled execution of their parents, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, […]
This post was originally published on this siteBob Gibson and Bob Uecker holding hands in the 1964 St. Louis Cardinals team photo. The prank initiated […]
This post was originally published on this siteThe relationship between photographer Astrid Kirchherr and the “fifth Beatle” Stuart Sutcliffe is one of the most romantic […]
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1971, at 17 years old, Oprah Winfrey won the Miss Fire Prevention contest in Nashville, Tennessee, by […]
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