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Bessie Coleman, the first Black woman flier, learned French so she could take flying lessons in Europe after no one would teach her in the United States.

This vampire-killing kit from 1840 comes with a cross, gun, silver bullets, wooden stake, holy water, and garlic.

The mushroom cloud from Annie expands on March 17, 1953, at the Nevada test site. Like the Trinity test, this device was detonated on top of a tower, packing about the same explosive strength as the Hiroshima bomb.

London crowds line the route of the procession carrying the coffin of King George VI, who reigned from 1936 until his death in February 1952. The funeral of Queen Elizabeth II will be the first burial of a British monarch in more than 70 years.

Sheet 1A of Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Leicester discussing the moon's brightness relative to that of the sun.