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The first around-the-world air race was sponsored to prove that the airplane had a commercial future. Four pilots took off from Seattle and two returned 175 days later.
Panama Canal
The most daring and innovative accomplishment at the turn of the 20th century.
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Coney Island
The internationally famous carnival of delights in New York was the birthplace of the hot dog and the roller coaster.
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The Telephone
Though first seen only as an expensive luxury, Alexander Graham Bell's telephone soon transformed American life and became a necessity.
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The Pill
The story behind the development of the oral contraceptive that put women in control of birth control.
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The Polio Crusade
The story of the polio crusade pays tribute to a time when Americans banded together to conquer a terrible disease.
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The Lobotomist
A gripping tale of medical intervention gone awry, and one of the most barbaric mistakes of modern medicine.
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The Alaska Pipeline
Native Alaskans, oil company representatives, environmentalists, politicians, and others tell the story of the 800-mile pipeline.
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