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At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Katarina Witt, the figure skater once dubbed “the most beautiful face of socialism,” took to the ice to perform a routine set to Bizet’s opera Carmen.

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October 3 marked by Germany's reunification, Chicago's first skyscraper start, and key historical events shaping Europe, ...

The rise of the Third Reich was a complex and chilling process. This video explores the political, economic, and social ...

The vehicles we know today as tanks emerged on a grand scale at the beginning of the 20th century, right before the First World War. In 1900, Britain commissioned steam-engine manufacturer John Fowler ...