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On April 12, 1961, the Soviet Union shocked the world when cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man to be launched into space. His single earth-orbit flight aboard the Vostok-1 spacecraft and his safe return to earth was a tremendous achievement and more significantly, it demonstrated to the United...
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At the Alamogordo Bombing Range, now the White Sands Missile Range near Socorro, New Mexico, it was 5:00 a.m. The weather that morning of July 16, 1945 was clear and most importantly; wind...
It was December 1945. With the surrender of Japan some four months earlier World War II was finally over and, as with all wars, the victors assembled...
For years, the low-lying plains of the West, especially the areas around Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, and New Mexico, suffered from a severe lack of water for the residence, their animals...
Ordinarily, one would not expect to find enormous construction projects taking place during the years of the Great Depression when many banks had...
The first production Ford Model T was built in 1908 in Detroit, Michigan. The Model T had a 2.9 liter four-cylinder engine that produced 20 horsepower (HP) and had a top speed of 45 mph...
Until 1914 the only way to transport goods by ship from New York City to San Francisco was along a circuitous 12,000 mile route around the tip of South America. For many forward-looking...
As the population grew in New York City during the 1830s there was always loose talk of relieving the overcrowded conditions there by building a bridge across the East River to Brooklyn.
At 1,063 feet, including the antenna, the Eiffel Tower is the tallest structure in Paris and one of the most recognized tourist attractions on the globe. As the winning entry in a design competition, ...
In historical terms, the American Civil War was undoubtedly the most significant single event in the formation of a young, divided, and struggling nation. And like all wars there was a cost both in economic...
Holding the distinction of being the largest in the world, the Interstate Highway System is a coast to coast network of state-owned roads. It is a system of...