Audacity, Tragedy, and Spectacle

The 5 moments in this challenge

The scenes are shown below — tap a card to reveal its place and year.

1. 

   Round 1 · 1963

   Assassination of John F. Kennedy

   Dallas, Texas, USA

   The shocking shooting of the US President in Dealey Plaza became one of the most heavily scrutinized and culturally impactful moments in modern history, captured vividly on home film.

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2. 

   Round 2 · 1965

   Leonov's First Spacewalk

   Low Earth Orbit (over the Black Sea)

   Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov made history by becoming the first human to conduct a spacewalk, floating outside his inflatable airlock in the vacuum of space for twelve minutes.

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3. 

   Round 3 · 1785

   First Balloon Flight Across the English Channel

   Strait of Dover (mid-air)

   Jean-Pierre Blanchard and John Jeffries had to throw their oars, anchors, and even most of their clothing overboard to prevent crashing into the frigid sea.

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4. 

   Round 4 · 1907

   First Collapse of the Quebec Bridge

   Quebec City, Canada

   The catastrophic failure of the partially built cantilever bridge, caused by design flaws and ignored warnings about the steel's weight, killed 75 ironworkers.

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5. 

   Round 5 · 1869

   Unearthing the Cardiff Giant

   Cardiff, New York

   One of the most famous hoaxes in American history, a 10-foot 'petrified man' was secretly buried by an atheist to mock biblical literalists, then 'discovered' by hired well-diggers.

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