German composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) composing the 'Missa Solemnis', February-April 1820. Oil painting by August Klober. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

Graceland, the Elvis Presley mansion in Memphis, Tennessee, photographed in 1985.

Gloria Guinness, Truman Capote, and Barbara "Babe" Paley in 1957.

Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio in the judge's chambers where they were married in January 1954.

Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs

Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater mansion.

<p>Art history tells the complex story of human civilization through art, literature and design. It ranges from prehistoric art of the Neolithic period through Renaissance masterpieces, Impressionism, Modernism, the Bauhaus and contemporary art.</p>


Inventions &amp; Science

First SMS text message is sent

1992

First human heart transplant

1967

World War I

Armistice signed in First Balkan War

1912

Art, Literature and Film History

"A Streetcar Named Desire" opens on Broadway

1947

19th Century

Illinois becomes the 21st state

1818

Eleven people killed in a stampede outside Who concert in Cincinnati, Ohio

1979

1980s

Explosion kills thousands at pesticide plant In Bhopal, India

1984

Crime

Five-year-old disappears—abductor is later ID'd by clothing fibers

1989

Cold War

Bush and Gorbachev suggest Cold War is coming to an end

Last AMC Pacer rolls off assembly line

American Revolution

George Washington arrives at the banks of the Delaware

1776

Sports

Lawsuit prompts MLB to allow locker room access to female reporters

Slavery

Supreme Court rules on Amistad slave ship mutiny case

1841

The Barbie doll makes its debut

1959

World War II

Firebombing of Tokyo

1945

Vietnam War

Marines hand over control of I Corps region

1970

U.S. Presidents

Jackson appointee John Eaton sworn in as secretary of war—igniting a scandal

1829

Early 20th Century U.S.

Pancho Villa attacks Columbus, New Mexico

1916

Comedian George Burns dies at age 100

1996

Rapper Notorious B.I.G. is killed in Los Angeles

1997

Civil War

U.S.S. Monitor battles C.S.S. Virginia

1862

First Adopt-a-Highway sign goes up

1985

Spanish siege of Pensacola begins

1781

Germany declares war on Portugal

Dutch surrender on Java

1942

President Eisenhower criticizes Senator Joseph McCarthy

1954

Black History

Fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin refuses to give up her seat on a segregated bus

1955

Texas declares independence

1836

Space Exploration

Pioneer 10 launched to Jupiter

1972

Congress abolishes the African slave trade

1807

Dr. Seuss born

1904

The Battle of the Bismarck Sea begins

1943

Puerto Ricans become U.S. citizens, are recruited for war effort

1917

Bobby Kennedy proposes plan to end the war

Wilt Chamberlain scores 100 points

1962

Reports surface of grave robbers stealing Charlie Chaplin’s body

1978

More than 500 train passengers mysteriously suffocate

1944

U.S. Government and Politics

President Coolidge signs the Jones Act, targeting bootleggers

1929

Soviet Union and Chinese armed forces clash

1969

Texas secedes

1861

Ford celebrates 1 millionth Mustang

1966

Art history encompasses many movements and periods, including prehistoric and ancient art, Renaissance art, impressionist art, modern art and folk art, as well as music and film.

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<p>The 1970s was an era when the women's rights, gay rights and environmental movements gained momentum. The Vietnam War came to a close, the Watergate scandal led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon, the United States ended direct involvement in the Vietnam War and President Jimmy Carter grappled with an energy crisis, inflation and the Iran Hostage Crisis.</p>


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<p>The 1950s were a decade marked by the post-World War II boom, the dawn of the Cold War and the civil rights movement in the United States. At this time the U.S. economy was booming and more (mostly white) Americans could afford new cars, suburban houses and other consumer goods. But the 1950s also saw great conflict and division, from the nascent civil rights movement to the crusade against communism at home and abroad in the Korean War.</p>


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How Beachwear Helped Pave the Way for Women Wearing Pants

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How Disney’s ‘Snow White’ Elevated Animation to New Heights

How ‘Dune’ Imagined Climate Disaster—and Inspired Environmental Activism

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