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An automatic camera inside Friendship 7 records astronaut John H. Glenn during his orbital flight. Credit: NASA
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Friday, February 20, 2026

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February 13. . Lindbergh testifying at Hauptmann's trial. Hauptmann is in half-profile at right. Credit: Library of Congress
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Friday, February 13, 2026

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February 6. The Kid, Charlie Chaplin’s first full length film as a director, in which he also wrote, edited, produced, and starred, is considered one of the best films of the silent film era. The Kid was played by child star Jackie Coogan, whose long career included playing Uncle Fester in The Addams Family TV show. California enacted a law referred to as The Coogan Act, protecting the proceeds earned by child actors.
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Friday, February 6, 2026

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January 30. South Vietnamese Rangers fire at a suspected Viet Cong position in a clump of bushes in Binh An Village, in the 7th Precinct of Saigon, March 1, 1968. The area was hit hard in the early days of the Tet Offensive and left many demolished homes, churches and other structures.  Credit: AP Photo
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Friday, January 30, 2026

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January 23. Piegan Camp by Karl Bodmer, 1853, shows a large Blackfeet summer camp on the Marias River. Prominent in the foreground are warriors or hunters. When Baker’s troops attacked Heavy Runner’s smaller winter camp in January 1870, most warrior-age men were absent from the camp, and nearly everyone else was asleep.
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Friday, January 23, 2026

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January 16. USAF aircraft of the 4th Fighter Wing (F-16, F-15C and F-15E) fly over Kuwaiti oil fires, set by the retreating Iraqi army during Operation Desert Storm in 1991. Almost the same as Image:USAF F-16A F-15C F-15E Desert Storm pic.jpg save for the size and tint Credit: US Air Force
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Friday, January 16, 2025

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January 9. Apple CEO Steve Jobs holds up an Apple iPhone at the MacWorld Conference in San Francisco, in this Jan. 9, 2007 file photo.  Credit: AP Photo/Paul Sakuma
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Friday, January 9, 2026

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January 2. Ryan Bundy, one of the sons of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, walks to a news conference at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016, near Burns, Ore. A small, armed group occupying the wildlife preserve has said repeatedly that local people should control federal lands, but critics say the lands are already managed to help everyone from ranchers to recreationalists.  Credit: AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Friday, January 2, 2026

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December 19. President Clinton makes a statement as first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton looks on at the White House, Saturday, Dec. 19, 1998 thanking those Democratic members of the House of Representatives who voted against impeachment and vowing to complete his term.  Credit: AP Photo/Susan Walsh
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Friday, December 19, 2025

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Friday, December 12, 2025

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