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A university once decided the safest place for one of its brightest students was out of sight. Her name was Florence Bascom, and in 1893, she...
In 1902, a young American heiress in Paris used her father’s fortune to build the exact life he had spent years trying to stop her from...
A physics department head once tried to talk her out of pursuing astronomy altogether. Nancy Grace Roman ignored him, helped build NASA’s astronomy program from the...
In 1966, a beautiful new love song was being created in California. It sounded warm. It sounded innocent. It sounded like something that should have been...
Some songs are carefully planned. Others seem to arrive from somewhere completely unexpected. And then there are songs that begin with a dream. In 1969, during...
For decades, people have slow-danced to this song. They’ve played it at weddings. They’ve dedicated it to someone they love. And they’ve heard its gentle melody...
Some of the biggest songs in music history were carefully planned from the beginning. Others happen almost by accident. “Kiss” was almost the latter. When Prince...
When Cat Stevens released “Morning Has Broken” in 1971, the world was becoming louder, faster, and more complicated. Music reflected the chaos of the era, with...
When The Osmonds released Down By The Lazy River in January 1972, few could have predicted just how far the song’s explosive energy would travel. Bold,...
In 1964, The Animals released their unforgettable version of “The House of the Rising Sun,” transforming an old folk song into one of the most powerful...