A rare gold medal from 1904 St. Louis Olympics sells for $545,371 at auction
Unlike Olympic medals these days which are mostly made of silver with gold plating, these were smaller and made entirely of ...
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The first inauguration broadcast happened 100 years ago
Trump's inauguration comes 100 years after Calvin Coolidge’s 1925 ceremony became the first to be broadcast nationally, via ...
How archaeologists dug up the oldest gun ever found in the US, dating back five centuries
Deni Seymour spent decades researching first contact between Native Americans and European settlers. Then she found a ...
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Eight greats to grace the ice in Canada's dominance of modern Olympic hockey
Olympics.com takes a look at four men and four women who have left their mark on Canadian Olympic ice hockey since 1998.
How a little-known 18th century instrument maker may have inspired the first clinical trial of the modern age
The design for a medical study in 1743 that was never carried out may have inspired James Lind’s groundbreaking clinical ...
Wildfires spared Olympic venues in L.A., but the city's rebuild could impact runup to 2028 Olympic Games
Los Angeles is scheduled to host the 2028 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, in addition to World Cup matches in 2026 and a Super Bowl in 2027.
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Nearly 70 years ago, the world’s first satellite took flight. Three Alaska scientists were among the first North Americans to spot it.
The Alaska researchers studied radio astronomy at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and had their own tracking station in a ...
Why the French mint is reissuing some Olympic medals
The medals awarded at the Paris Olympics were crafted by Monnaie de Paris, the French mint, and designed by Chaumet, the ...
Timeline: Key dates in the century-long battle over the Equal Rights Amendment
The struggle over the Equal Rights Amendment started more than a century ago when suffragist Alice Paul first proposed it shortly after the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the ...
Here Are Key Dates in the Equal Rights Amendment’s 100-Year History
President Biden says he believes the amendment has met the requirements to be enshrined in the Constitution. Its history has ...
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Lake Placid celebrates 45th anniversary of the 1980 Winter Olympic Games
The New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority announced a line-up of events celebrating the 45th anniversary of the 1980 Winter Olympic Games, ...