Impressionable young Germans of the Hitler Youth were exposed to Nazi ideologies and basic training that focused on self-sacrifice and physical prowess over academics.

Before NASA’s budget was cut, Apollo 17 became the final mission to put man on the moon. Gene Cernan, Jack Schmitt, and Ronald Evans set many records on their 3-day trip to the lunar surface.

Located in remote Northern Australia, Cahill’s Crossing is a frequently flooded river transit point, notorious for vehicles getting washed off the submerged roadway, especially during the rainy season.

Between 1948 and 1949, the United States and Great Britain agreed to airlift millions of tons of supplies into West Berlin, after the Soviets cut off all land and sea access to the city

The Hostage Crisis in 1979, when revolutionary Iranian students stormed the US Embassy in Tehran, taking 52 Americans hostage for 444 days of forced captivity.

Between October and November of 1956, the Hungarian uprising faced military opposition and the Soviet Union crushed Hungary’s desire for independence.

In 1986, the catastrophic nuclear meltdown in a soviet reactor led to the Chernobyl disaster. Thousands were exposed to cancerous radiation levels and forced to relocate.