Velocity, Triumph, and Violent Ruin

The 5 moments in this challenge

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

1. 

   Round 1 · 1956

   Budapest Pulls Down Stalin

   Stalin Monument, Budapest, Hungary

   On the Hungarian Revolution's first evening, demonstrators toppled Budapest's enormous Stalin statue. Only its boots remained on the pedestal, creating one of the uprising's most enduring images of defiance against Soviet domination.

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2. 

   Round 2 · 1906

   Santos-Dumont Flies the 14-bis

   Bagatelle flying field, Paris, France

   Santos-Dumont flew approximately sixty metres at Bagatelle, winning the Archdeacon aviation prize. Officials witnessed the ungainly machine take off on its own wheels, making the flight a landmark in European aviation.

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3. 

   Round 3 · 1993

   Joe Carter Wins the World Series

   SkyDome, Toronto, Canada

   Joe Carter's three-run home run ended the World Series and secured Toronto's second consecutive championship. He became only the second player, after Bill Mazeroski, to finish a World Series with a home run.

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4. 

   Round 4 · 1970

   Blue Flame Breaks the Speed Record

   Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, United States

   Gary Gabelich drove the rocket-powered Blue Flame beyond 1,000 kilometres per hour on Utah's salt flats. Using liquefied natural gas and hydrogen peroxide, the car established a world land-speed record that lasted thirteen years.

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   Round 5 · 1983

   Bomb Destroys Beirut's Marine Barracks

   U.S. Marine barracks, Beirut airport, Lebanon

   A truck bomb destroyed the U.S. Marine barracks beside Beirut's airport, killing 241 American service personnel. A separate attack struck French troops minutes later, accelerating the unraveling of the multinational peacekeeping mission.

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