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A century ago next Sunday, Chicagoans’ necks craned skyward looking for a single-engine Douglas World Cruiser bearing their city’s name. It was on the home stretch of its journey as America’s entry in ...

The country has 48 states. A dollar is worth a little less than $18 today. A first-class stamp is 2 stamps. Today? 66 cents. Gas costs 13 to 25 cents per gallon. Wheaties cereal is introduced. Life ...

A century ago, the party took a record 103 ballots and 16 days of intense, violent debate to choose a presidential nominee History of Now Eli Wizevich - History Correspondent Beginning on June 24, ...

Swedish figure skater Gillis Grafström wins gold in men’s singles. It is his second of four consecutive Olympics he medals in. Bud Houser wins gold in discus and shot put. It’s the last time anyone ...

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This is the first limited-edition variant of the Ineos Grenadier. While you may have expected a special Grenadier to be an even more capable off-roader than the standard model, the changes made are ...

Explore items in the Smithsonian's collections related to 1924. In January, the first celebration of the Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France. The Summer Olympics followed later in the year in ...

The 1924 Olympic Games, held in Paris from May 4 to July 27, were teeming with firsts. These Olympics marked the first time any city had hosted the Games twice (the original Paris Games were held in ...

This year marks the 100th anniversary of one of the worst laws in American history: the 1924 Immigration Act. This was the law that ended the era when most immigration was presumptively legal, and ...