In the 1640's the Dutch inhabitants of New Amsterdam built a 12 foot wall. 1664 the British ignored the wall and took New Amsterdam by sea. It's now called New York. They took down the wall and built

21-years old Yves Saint Laurent at Christian Dior's funeral (1957)

Benjamin Franklin left $2,000 to Boston and Philadelphia to help young people in those cities. He stipulated in his will that cities could not draw the balance for 200 years. In 1990, it was worth $6.

Scientists launched rockets into the Arctic sky and released glowing clouds to map invisible winds in the aurora