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Fisheye view of a portion of the audience, which includes several photographers, during the Woodstock Music and Arts Fair, Bethel, New York, August 1969. The festival ran from August 15 to 18.

1969’s Woodstock Almost Didn’t Happen

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Lou Gehrig whacks a double into left center in a game at Yankee Stadium in 1938. Luke Sewell is the catcher for the opponent White Sox.

Remember When Lou Gehrig Broke This Baseball Record?

Jacqueline Kennedy on a yacht, just before the premature birth of Patrick J. Kennedy.

First Lady Jackie Kennedy’s Third Pregnancy Ended In Tragedy

elizabeth taylor and richard burton

Remember When Elizabeth Taylor Divorced The Same Man Twice In Two Years?

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The team who pioneered in-vitro fertilization, on the left Cambridge physiologist Dr Robert Edwards holding the world's first test tube baby Louise Joy Brown and (on the right) gynaecologist Mr Patrick Steptoe (1913 - 1988).

The First Baby Born Successfully Through IVF

Portrait of American President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882 - 1945), 1940s. An American flag is in the background.

FDR Became The First And Only President To Serve More Than Two Terms

Astronaut Edwin

The 50th Anniversary Of The Apollo 11 Moon Landing

The Rosetta Stone is a rock stele, found in 1799, inscribed with a decree issued at Memphis, Egypt, in 196 BC on behalf of King Ptolemy V.

The Discovery Of The Rosetta Stone Unlocked A Whole New Understanding Of Egyptian History

Illustration of the Duel Between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr

The Fateful July Morning When Alexander Hamilton Lost His Life In A Duel To Aaron Burr

The first international tennis match takes place at Wimbledon, London 1883.

The First Wimbledon Tournament Was Only For Amateurs

Louis Reard with Bikini

The Two-Piece Bikini Was Invented On This Day In History: July 5

The very first Corvettes roll off the assembly line at the Chevrolet plant in Flint, Michigan. The Corvette was the first consumer automobile with an all-fiberglass body, originally selling for $3,250.

On This Day: The First Chevrolet Corvettes Roll Off The Assembly Line

On This Day: The Stonewall Riots Bring LGBT Rights To National Consciousness