Financiers, city officials, and policemen ride New York City's first subway on October 27, 1904 at City Hall station. Seated toward the front of the ceremonial flat car were Alexander Orr, August Belmont II, John B. McDonald, and Mayor George B. McClellan.

Old motel sign along historic route 66. (Credit: FrankvandenBergh/www.istockphoto.com)

Close-up of the Orient Express Train exterior. (Credit: Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Bugatti T13 Brescia in action, Prescott Hill Climb, Gloucestershire. Bugatti T13 Brescia in action, Prescott Hill Climb, Gloucestershire.The left front wheel of this Bugatti leaves the ground as the driver, H Moffat, negotiates a sharp bend. Bugatti Brescias were manufactured between 1914 and 1920. (Photo by National Motor Museum/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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The 1960s was one of the most tumultuous and divisive decades in world history. The era was marked by the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War and antiwar protests, countercultural movements, political assassinations and the emerging "generation gap."

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Art history tells the complex story of human civilization through art, literature and design. It ranges from prehistoric art of the Neolithic period through Renaissance masterpieces, Impressionism, Modernism, the Bauhaus and contemporary art.

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1955

Inventions from the telephone to the Model T and the computer have defined human history, and inventors like Leonardo da Vinci, Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, Eli Whitney and Alexander Graham Bell have transformed our society.

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1885

Though the 19th century saw the rise of populism, the labor movement and Jacksonian democracy, it also ushered in the Gilded Age, when men like Cornelius Vanderbilt and J. P. Morgan wielded vast control over politics and business.

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1883

Explore the wars, battles, leaders, civilizations, regimes, prominent figures and major events from the continent that encompasses 2 percent of the Earth’s surface. From Stonehenge to the Great Awakening to the French Revolution to the rise and fall of Communism in Russia, see how Europe’s often tumultuous history unfolded.

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How the Orient Express Became the World’s Most Glamorous Train

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The Epic Road Trip That Inspired the Interstate Highway System

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Terrorists attack London transit system at rush hour

Canada’s transcontinental railway completed

New York City subway opens

Southern Pacific Railroad completes New Orleans to California route

James Dean dies in car accident

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