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The Manhattan Project was a secret U.S. program during World War II to develop atomic weapons.
The Roswell incident sparked decades of extraterrestrial speculation.
The Manhattan Project began in 1942.
The Manhattan Project changed the course of global history.
The first successful heart transplant was performed in 1967.
In 2002, scientists recreated ancient pigments to understand historical art techniques.
The Tuskegee experiment became a landmark case in medical ethics reform.
The Manhattan Project involved thousands of scientists working in secrecy.
In 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space.
The Manhattan Project developed the first atomic bombs during World War II.
The Boston Marathon is one of the oldest annual marathons.
The world record for the high jump exceeds eight feet.
The first Paralympic Games were held in 1960.
The longest tennis match in history lasted over 11 hours.
Gymnastics has been part of the modern Olympics since 1896.
The first Winter Olympics were held in 1924.
The marathon race commemorates a legendary run in ancient Greece.
The Olympic torch relay was introduced in the 20th century.
The modern Olympic Games began in 1896 in Athens, Greece.
The 1923 Great Kanto earthquake devastated Tokyo and Yokohama.
The 1986 eruption of Lake Nyos released a deadly cloud of carbon dioxide.
The 1970 Bhola cyclone was one of the deadliest tropical cyclones.
The 1900 Galveston hurricane remains one of the deadliest in U.S. history.
The 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption disrupted European air travel.
The 2005 Hurricane Katrina caused severe flooding in New Orleans.
The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa created global atmospheric effects.
The 1960 Valdivia earthquake is the strongest ever recorded.
The 2018 Camp Fire became one of California's deadliest wildfires.
The 1931 China floods are among the deadliest natural disasters in history.
The 2010 Haiti earthquake caused widespread destruction.
The 1755 Lisbon earthquake significantly impacted European history.
The eruption of Krakatoa in 1883 was heard thousands of miles away.
The 2011 Tohoku earthquake triggered a major tsunami in Japan.
The Dust Bowl of the 1930s caused severe agricultural damage in the United States.
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius buried the city of Pompeii.
The 1906 San Francisco earthquake caused widespread fires across the city.
The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami was triggered by a massive undersea earthquake.
In 1942, a mistaken military exercise caused confusion along the U.S. West Coast.
In 1809, two countries declared war and then forgot to sign a peace treaty for years.
In 1939, a man survived a fall from the Empire State Building after being struck by debris.
In 1925, a courtroom trial debated the teaching of evolution in schools.
In 2000, a massive fireworks accident damaged part of a Dutch city.
In 1966, a U.S. bomber accidentally dropped nuclear weapons over Spain.
In 2001, a Norwegian man survived a fall through ice by floating in near-freezing water.
In 1979, a computer error nearly triggered a false nuclear alarm in the United States.
In 1958, a nuclear bomb was accidentally lost off the coast of Georgia.
In 1922, King Tutankhamun's tomb was discovered largely intact.
In 1812, an earthquake along the Mississippi River temporarily reversed the river's flow.
In 1876, a town in Kentucky reported strange lights in the sky later attributed to natural causes.
In 1919, the Boston Police Strike left the city without law enforcement for days.