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ronald reagan, president reagan, tampico, Illinois, 1911

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Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan’s Childhood and Education Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on February 6, 1911, in Tampico, Illinois, to Edward “Jack” Reagan (1883-1941), a shoe salesman, and Nelle Wilson Reagan (1883-1962). The family, which included older son Neil Reagan (1908-1996), resided in an apartment that lacked indoor plumbing and running water and was located along the […]

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Government Cheese

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How the US Ended Up With Warehouses Full of ‘Government Cheese’

In the early 1980s, the U.S. government distributed some 300 million pounds of pungent-smelling processed cheese that had been produced with federal funds.

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North Korean agent Kim Hyun-Hee, responsible for the Korean Air Flight 858 bombing in 1987 which killed 115 people, being escorted by South Korean investigators. (Credit: Sunkyu Im/AFP/Getty Images)

The Terrorist Attack That Failed to Derail the 1988 Seoul Olympics

After North Korea’s bizarre bid to co-host the 1988 Olympics, it tried to disrupt them with a bomb.

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Big Bird Nearly Rode on the Disastrous Challenger Mission

Caroll Spinney—the puppeteer in the yellow suit—was in talks to go to space.

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Hands Across America, Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin Parkway.

Remembering Hands Across America

Take a look back at Hands Across America, the charity event in which 5 million people formed a human chain across the United States.

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1985

Music stars gather to record “We Are the World”

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