Milestones, Movements, and Daring Feats

The 5 moments in this challenge

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

1. 

   Round 1 · 1901

   Annie Taylor Survives Niagara in a Barrel

   Horseshoe Falls, Niagara Falls, Canada

   On her sixty-third birthday, schoolteacher Annie Edson Taylor became the first person to survive Niagara Falls in a barrel. She hoped the stunt would finance her retirement, but lasting wealth never followed.

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2. 

   Round 2 · 2003

   Concorde Ends Its Commercial Career

   Heathrow Airport, London, United Kingdom

   British Airways ended scheduled Concorde services with three farewell arrivals at Heathrow. The supersonic airliner had carried passengers across the Atlantic in roughly half the time of conventional jets, but proved expensive to sustain.

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3. 

   Round 3 · 1931

   The George Washington Bridge Is Dedicated

   George Washington Bridge, New York–New Jersey, United States

   The George Washington Bridge was dedicated one day before opening to traffic. Its main span nearly doubled the previous suspension-bridge record; the familiar lower roadway would not arrive until three decades later.

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4. 

   Round 4 · 1964

   Zambia Raises Its Independence Flag

   Independence Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia

   Northern Rhodesia became independent Zambia, with Kenneth Kaunda as its first president. The new country's name honored the Zambezi River, while its flag's eagle symbolized the ability to rise above national challenges.

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   Round 5 · 1975

   Icelandic Women Walk Out

   Lækjartorg, Reykjavík, Iceland

   An estimated ninety percent of Icelandic women stopped paid work and housework. About twenty-five thousand gathered in Reykjavík, exposing society's dependence on their labor and giving the equality movement extraordinary momentum.

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