A century ago, the Jazz Age was in full swing, Mount Rushmore was on its way to becoming a lasting U.S. memorial, and Hitler published his manifesto "Mein Kampf." Malcolm X, Johnny Carson and Margaret ...
During a 1925 total solar eclipse over New York City, the streetlights turned on, three women fainted, vendors sold smoked glass while exhorting passersby to "save your eyes for 10 cents" and seagulls ...