WASPs of WW2: Women’s Airforce Service Pilots

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The Leaning Tower of Pisa was built over a nearly 200-year period, halted by war and time to settle the unstable subsoil that caused the tower to lean. The tower was used by Galileo, Nazi forces, and as a tourist attraction for millions.

In June of 1791, King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette attempted to escape the French Revolution under the cloak of night and disguise. Still, they were recognized due to the King’s portrait featured on French currency, ultimately leading to their execution.

Niccolò Machiavelli observed and documented what he believed was necessary brutality and immorality in order to exert power in his book “The Prince,” having studied the political strategies of the Medici family and the brutal leadership of Cesare Borgia.

On March 10th, 1975, Communist North Vietnamese forces began their Spring Offensive campaign to capture Southern territories. Without US support, the South’s army retreated in panic which ultimately led to the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War.

The Brooklyn Bridge was built between 1870 and 1883 at a cost of $15.5 million or roughly half a billion in today’s currency. It would cost the lives of 27 men and severely injure many more, paralyzing the chief project engineer and bridge designer’s son.

Robert E. Lee was a West Point-educated soldier who served in the Mexican-American War before becoming commander-in-chief of confederate rebel forces in the Civil War.

Socrates was born and raised in the golden age of Athens, studying the writings of contemporary Greek philosophers. Leaving no written records himself, thankfully his students included Plato and historian Xenophon, who wrote down the Socratic Technique and more lessons from Socrates.