Wikimedia Commons/National Museum of the U.S. Navy The Explosion of The USS Maine in Cuba’s Havana Harbor The USS Maine blew ...

Flickr/Tim Evanson When the First Teddy Bear went on Sale in 1903 Morris Michtom placed two stuffed bears in his Brooklyn ...

Shutterstock USS Cod’s Daring Rescue of Dutch Submarine Crew USS Cod sailed through the South China Sea in July 1945. The submarine operated under Lieutenant Commander Edwin M. Westbrook Jr. on her ...

Shutterstock USS Wisconsin’s Direct Hit on North Korean Artillery USS Wisconsin fought in the Korean War starting in October ...

Shutterstock The First Arbor Day Nebraska in the 1800s had few trees. Open prairies stretched for miles, creating harsh ...

Wikimedia Commons/USAF USS Midway’s Role in Operation Linebacker During the summer of 1972, a helicopter from USS Midway flew ...

Wikimedia Commons/Billy Hathorn The 1886 Coca-Cola Accidental Invention (Georgia) Dr. John Stith Pemberton created Coca-Cola ...

Wikimedia Commons/NASA/W. Liller The 1910 Halley’s Comet Scams (Kansas) In 1910, Halley’s Comet crossed American skies.

Wikimedia Commons/Francine Schroeder photo for Smithsonian Institution The 1950 Smokey Bear Rescue On May 9, 1950, ...

The London Bridge stood over the River Thames in London from 1831 to 1967. John Rennie designed this stone bridge to replace ...

Flickr/James St. John The 1842 Tuberculosis Hospital in Mammoth Cave Dr. John Croghan bought Mammoth Cave in 1839 for $10,000 ...

Wikimedia Commons/Philip McQuade Gillette Castle William Gillette started buying land on a hill above the Connecticut River ...