The Aboriginal warrior's head was severed so it could be sent to claim a bounty offered by the British. Thus began a 177-year odyssey.
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The distinctive symbol was a combination of the letters N (for nuclear) and D (for disarmament) from the semaphore alphabet.
Just before dawn on this day, a Soviet cosmonaut was wandering drunk and stepped in front of a train.
It was a lavish party on this day that may have inspired a popular nursery rhyme.
President James K. Polk posed for the oldest surviving photograph of a sitting president.
An anti-Nukes activist seized the landmark in hopes of drawing attention to his cause.