History Today: How the world came to embrace the first polio vaccine
On February 23, 1954, the world’s first-ever polio vaccine was administered in Pittsburgh, United States. This day is also ...
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A Spy, a Map, and the Quest for Power in 16th-Century Europe
Alberto Cantino, an Italian spy, acquired a Portuguese map showing stunning finds in the New World. This story appears in the March/April 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine.
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A poser to New World history
San Diego Natural History Museum palaeontologist Tom Demşrş said until now, the oldest widely accepted date for human presence in the New World was 14,000 to 15,000 years ago, making the San ...
History Today: How Malcolm X’s assassination shook the world in 1965
African American civil rights leader Malcolm X was assassinated inside Harlem’s Audubon Ballroom in New York on 1965. Also, ...