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Magna Carta, Juneteenth & the Birth of the Blockbuster | Jun 15–21
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This week in history spans eight centuries of turning points: the sealing of the Magna Carta, the birth of Juneteenth, Valentina Tereshkova in space, the Battle of Waterloo, and the summer Jaws changed Hollywood forever. Ten events, ten stories, one extraordinary week.
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On August third, fourteen ninety-two, in the small port of Palos de la Frontera in southern Spain, Christopher Columbus led three ships out of harbor and pointed them west into the unknown Atlantic. The Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria carried a crew of around ninety men on a voyage with no guaranteed destination and no guaranteed return.
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