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Galileo's Recantation, Operation Barbarossa & a River on Fire | Jun 22–28
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From Galileo forced to recant before the Inquisition to the largest military invasion in history, this week's historical events span science, war, nature, and art across five centuries. Strap in for a brisk tour of the moments that shaped the world you're living in right now.
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On November second, nineteen twenty, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a small transmitter atop the Westinghouse building crackled to life and changed everything. KDKA — the first licensed commercial radio station in America — went on the air that night broadcasting live returns from the presidential election between Warren Harding and James Cox.
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