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June 15, 1215: King John signs the Magna Carta
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June 13, 1966: The Miranda rights are established
June 12, 1987: Reagan commands Gorbachev to ‘tear down’ the Berlin Wall
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Wild West history: Belle Starr and the James Gang
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The real Ivar the Boneless was even scarier than his ‘Vikings’ character
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The Hanging Gardens of Babylon may not have been so Babylonian after all
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Young Joseph Stalin before he was a crazy dictator
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Alabama aims to challenge historical Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision
New species of hominid found in Philippine cave
What if D-Day failed? The speech Eisenhower never had to give
Ruby Bridges: The child symbol of the civil rights movement
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Alabama aims to challenge historical Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision
New species of hominid found in Philippine cave
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History Today
June 16, 1884: The first roller coaster in America opens at Coney Island
June 15, 1215: King John signs the Magna Carta
June 14, 1777: Congress votes to put stars and stripes on the American flag
June 13, 1966: The Miranda rights are established
June 12, 1987: Reagan commands Gorbachev to ‘tear down’ the Berlin Wall
June 11, 1963: the University of Alabama desegregated by executive order
June 16, 1884: The first roller coaster in America opens at Coney Island
June 15, 1215: King John signs the Magna Carta
June 14, 1777: Congress votes to put stars and stripes on the American flag
June 13, 1966: The Miranda rights are established
June 12, 1987: Reagan commands Gorbachev to ‘tear down’ the Berlin Wall
June 11, 1963: the University of Alabama desegregated by executive order
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The legendary life of Civil Rights activist Ella Baker
Behind the scenes: Photos of the first moon landing on 50th anniversary
Wild West history: Belle Starr and the James Gang
Vintage photos show what happened in Vegas didn’t always stay in Vegas
What exactly does the Constitution give the executive branch the power to do?
15 Priceless historical monuments that were destroyed and rebuilt
How the U.S. came to celebrate Memorial Day
Seven key facts about Custer’s Last Stand that history sometimes forgets
Successes and failures of the Vietnam War
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Hidden prehistoric city uncovered beneath Lake Titicaca
The real Ivar the Boneless was even scarier than his ‘Vikings’ character
How early settlers crossed the Bering Strait land bridge
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon may not have been so Babylonian after all
Who’s your daddy? The genetic expansion of Charlemagne and Genghis Khan
Greek mythology gods and their stories
Rare 2,600-year-old agate seal and clay stamp found bearing Biblical names
Inside the lives of King Henry VIII’s wives and children
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Nike: A brief history of the Swoosh
George Washington Carver: More than just ‘the peanut guy’
Someone entered a horse in a race against trains
Meet the woman who worked for free to win the Nobel Prize in Physics
How the Apollo 7 mission nearly ended with a mutiny in space
October 28, 1793: Eli Whitney applies for patent on his cotton gin invention
October 27, 1904: The New York City subway opens to the public
The world’s first submarine was a total garbage fire of a creation, and yes, of course they still used it
You can now read Leonardo da Vinci’s private notebooks online
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CGI shows what rock stars would look like if they were alive today
Young Joseph Stalin before he was a crazy dictator
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How did the Mexican revolution begin?
An American tragedy: The Lindbergh baby kidnapping
The legend of the Second Boer War
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Fans are nodding their heads after seeing Netflix’s first ‘Dark Crystal: The Age of Resistance’ trailer
5 of the Revolutionary War’s most brutal battles
Famous last words of influential people
15 lies your history teacher told you (and the truth behind them)
Meet Jeanne Calment, the woman who lived to be 122 years old
The brutal execution of the Romanov family
One Ethiopian emperor sparked the Rastafarian movement
Explaining northern Italy’s conscription age
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