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Bastille Day, Trinity Test & Nadia's Perfect Ten | Jul 13–18
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From the storming of the Bastille to the world's first nuclear detonation, this week in history delivered seismic moments across five centuries. Plus: DiMaggio's untouchable streak, the Rosetta Stone, and the scoreboard that couldn't handle Nadia Comaneci.
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On August twenty-fourth, nineteen thirty-two, above the American continent, Amelia Earhart climbed into her cockpit in Los Angeles and pointed her aircraft east. Hours later, she touched down in Newark, New Jersey, becoming the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop in a solo flight.
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