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1921
America Buries Its First Unknown Soldier at Arlington
On November 11, 1921, an unidentified American serviceman killed in World War I was buried at Arlington National Cemetery. The date marked three years since the armistice that stopped the fighting on the Western Front.
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America Buries Its First Unknown Soldier at Arlington
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Gemini 12 Launches the Final Gemini Mission
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A Proposal Sets Out the World Wide Web Project
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Chicago After the Fire: From Burned Blocks to a New Skyline
A photograph taken after the 1871 fire can make Chicago look as though its future had been decided by a wall of flame. A view from around 1905 tells a different story: tall offices, busy transport routes and commercial streets crowded again.
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