Holmes allegedly killed as many as 200 by luring visitors to his lair during the Chicago World's Fair.
Many everyday tools—from zippers to Super Glue to computers—originated as military inventions.
To believe all men honest is folly. To believe none is something worse.
-John Adams
The 1982 strike led by immigrant women earned better workplace conditions and benefits for New York City’s garment workers.
The Polynesians were expert sailors—and research suggests they landed in the Americas centuries before Columbus.
Wong Tsu’s 10 months at Boeing in 1916-17 led to the fledgling airplane manufacturer's first military plane, first airmail plane and eventually, its first passenger plane.
Nisei members of the Military Intelligence Service were discriminated against by their own country—even as they worked to protect it.
In 1793, Samuel Slater built America's first water-powered textile mill–right in Pawtucket. That moment helped spark the Industrial Revolution in the U.S. and transform how the nation worked.
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