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Old Ironsides, the Mona Lisa Stolen & Women Win the Vote | Aug 17–23
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From the Hudson River's first commercial steamboat to the secret pact that unleashed World War II, this week in history delivers ten world-changing moments across eight centuries. Old Ironsides earns her name, the Mona Lisa vanishes, Darwin goes public, and American women finally win the vote.
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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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