Victims of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre

Daily News front page December 12, 1978, Headline: INSIDE JOB SEEN IN $5M JFK HEIST

LANCASTER, BIRD MAN OF ALCATRAZActor Burt Lancaster as Robert Stround in the film "Bird Man of Alcatraz". (Photo by PA Images via Getty Images)

September 1971: An annotated photograph showing how bank robbers tunneled into the Baker Street branch of Lloyd's Bank in London from an empty shop two doors away. The gang raided 250 safety deposit boxes in the strong room of the bank and escaped with an estimated 3 million British pounds (around 7 million U.S. dollars at the time and $51 million today).

Workers strike oil in Osage territory. (Credit: David Grann)

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Stephanie St. Clair Hamid, the "Numbers Queen"of Harlem, being held on charges of attempted assault.

The Death of Socrates' 1787: Jacques Louis David (1748-1825) French historical painter. Oil on canvas

The first execution in New England, North America of John Billington in 1630.

Five agents wearing hard helmets and FBI windbreakers, seen from the back.

FBI Agents in Oklahoma City

William K. Hale Held for Murder

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Colonial America was a vast land settled by Spanish, Dutch, French and English immigrants who established colonies such as St. Augustine, Florida; Jamestown, Virginia; and Roanoke in present-day North Carolina.

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Iván Román is a freelance journalist, editor and communications consultant based in Washington, D.C. who has focused primarily on the country’s increasingly diverse racial and ethnic communities, its complex challenges regarding immigration, and Caribbean and Latin American affairs.

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Farrell Evans is an award-winning journalist who writes about sports and history.

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The 1970s was an era when the women's rights, gay rights and environmental movements gained momentum. The Vietnam War came to a close, the Watergate scandal led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon, the United States ended direct involvement in the Vietnam War and President Jimmy Carter grappled with an energy crisis, inflation and the Iran Hostage Crisis.

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Greg Daugherty, a&nbsp;longtime magazine editor and frequent contributor to HISTORY.com, has also written on historical topics for Smithsonian, National Geographic Traveler, and other outlets.

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Native American history spans an array of diverse groups and leaders, including Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse and Tecumseh, and events like the Trail of Tears, the French and Indian War and the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

Native American History

Vincent Schilling, Akwesasne Mohawk, is an author, public speaker and journalist who has contributed to such publications as NBC.com, the Smithsonian's American Indian Magazine, and the CBC. He is the editor of NativeViewpoint.com, follow him on Twitter at <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://twitter.com/VinceSchilling__;!!CyZMqN24eIU!B0NbbLisxXslq02u0Pz3uUNPZYc-72pHeQOMYuSuBYEaEsRWuWhPwu24eJEtqWkVpu8Ka5MQBBL_q9fS0dQMEa3By9DPYLUj$">@VinceSchilling.</a>

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In the Roaring Twenties, a surging economy created an era of mass consumerism, as Jazz-Age flappers flouted Prohibition laws and the Harlem Renaissance redefined arts and culture.

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