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Magna Carta, Juneteenth & the Birth of the Blockbuster | Jun 15–21
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This week in history spans eight centuries of turning points: the sealing of the Magna Carta, the birth of Juneteenth, Valentina Tereshkova in space, the Battle of Waterloo, and the summer Jaws changed Hollywood forever. Ten events, ten stories, one extraordinary week.
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On August twenty-fourth, nineteen thirty-two, above the American continent, Amelia Earhart climbed into her cockpit in Los Angeles and pointed her aircraft east. Hours later, she touched down in Newark, New Jersey, becoming the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop in a solo flight.
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