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The remains of the crash of TWA Flight 5 in 1931 [Photo from the Kansas Historical Society]

Top Ten Origins: Aviation Disasters that Improved Safety

… cause for the crash. It was only the fourth time in history that a report was issued without a firm conclusion … of USAir 427 resulted in the longest investigation in NTSB history. The final report was released four and a half years …
Israeli troops during the battle for the Sinai

The Suez Crisis (1956)

… in 1958. The Suez Crisis stands as a watershed event in the history of Middle East diplomacy. By undermining traditional …
The Beatles, upon their arrival at Kennedy International Airport in New York City on February 7,1964.

“I Want to Hold Your Hand”

… Press, 1986. Cotkin, George.  Feast of Excess: A Cultural History of the New Sensibility . New York: Oxford University …
The U.S.-Economic Cooperation Administration created numerous posters to promote the Marshall Plan in Europe. This one, depicting the flags of various Western European countries receiving Marshall Plan aid, was produced in 1950.

The Marshall Plan

… the Strategic Dimensions of the Marshall Plan.” Diplomatic History 12, no. 3 (1988): 277-306. … Ryan Metz … Milestones …

A Century of Sanctions

… provision of the Trading with the Enemy Act remained on the books, however. Section 5(b) allowed the president to …

Killing the Arctic

… of these remains the largest underground A-test in U.S. history, sparking the protest movement that led to the … largest atomic device ever detonated in human history—exploded there in October 1961. This was humanity’s …
Ludwig van Beethoven in front of sheet music from his first symphony.

Beethoven’s First Symphony

… 2025>. Maynard Solomon,  Beethoven . New York: Schirmer Books, 1977.  Jan Swafford,  Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph …