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Around 2 PM on September 7, 1876, the notorious James-Younger Gang entered Northfield, Minnesota. Yet only minutes later, their planned raid produced only catastrophe.
When the Leper King died at 24, Jerusalem’s shield vanished. Trace the political collapse that led to the fall of the city.
A childhood play-fight revealed a tragic secret. Explore the moment William of Tyre discovered Baldwin IV leprosy in the royal court of Jerusalem.
Fannie Lou Hamer was a civil rights activist who championed voting rights, co-founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, and inspired generations.
The Battle of Manila in 1945 witnessed some of the most destructive urban conflict in World War II. Japanese, Americans, and Filipinos all suffered terribly.
The Soviet space program was responsible for some of the world’s greatest achievements in space exploration, but these achievements were also accompanied by monumental failures.
The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks between US President Richard Nixon and Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev were a milestone in the Cold War arms race.
Secretive and enigmatic, the Soviet Union had many cities that were closed off from the outside world.
