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Lindbergh's Landing, Blue Jeans & Mount St. Helens | May 18–24
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This week in history spans the Council of Nicaea, Anne Boleyn's execution, the birth of blue jeans, Lindbergh's Atlantic crossing, the founding of FIFA, Apollo Ten's dress rehearsal, and the eruption of Mount St. Helens. Eight centuries of politics, aviation, disaster, sport, and culture packed into one week.
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On June twenty-ninth, sixteen thirteen, in London, England, a cannon misfired during a performance at the Globe Theatre — and within hours, one of the most celebrated stages in the world was gone. The thatched roof caught, the flames spread fast, and Shakespeare's iconic playhouse burned to the ground.
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