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Moon Shot, Star Wars & the Fall of Constantinople | May 25–29
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From JFK's moonshot pledge to the premiere of Star Wars and the fall of Constantinople, this week in history delivered world-changing moments across five centuries. Buckle up for nine extraordinary events that reshaped empires, pop culture, and the cosmos.
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On July eighth, fourteen ninety-seven, in Lisbon, Portugal, a fleet of four ships and roughly one hundred seventy men slipped out of the harbor under the command of Vasco da Gama, bound for a destination no European vessel had ever reached by sea. Da Gama's mission was to find a direct ocean route to India, bypassing the overland spice trade that had made middlemen rich for centuries.
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