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Thomas Edison Lights The Night
After two years, Thomas Edison finally saw the light. In 1877, he had begun studying how to make an electric lamp and within a year had performed 1,200 experiments. In 1879, after spending $40,000, he made a bulb using a carbonized cotton thread for a filament. It burned for two days in the vacuum bulb. [...]
Albert Bierstadt: Painter of the West
While his peers from the Hudson River Valley group of artists were painting landscapes of that part of New York, Albert Bierstadt went after views that were far more remote.
1958 Colts vs. Giants: Football’s Game of the Century
The 1958 sudden-death National Football League title game between the Baltimore Colts and the New York Giants has been called pro football’s “Game of the Century.” The championship clash, played at Yankee Stadium in front of 64,185 lucky fans, was tied at 17 after 60 minutes of play. The two teams were about to embark [...]