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1643 AD – 1945 AD

Today's journey spans from monumental architectural triumphs and earth-shattering excavations to startling disasters and acts of rebellion that changed the course of history.

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Round 1 · 1937 AD
Novice
Hindenburg Disaster at Lakehurst Naval Air Station
The German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt to dock with its mooring mast, abruptly ending the era of commercial passenger zeppelins.
Round 2 · 1643 AD
Casual
Scaffolding Surrounds the Taj Mahal During Construction
Commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan to house the tomb of his favorite wife, this monumental marble mausoleum required the labor of twenty thousand artisans over two decades.
Round 3 · 1945 AD
Casual
First Atomic Bomb Detonation at the Trinity Test
The United States Army conducted the world's first detonation of a nuclear weapon, codenamed Trinity, ushering in the atomic age with an explosion equivalent to 25 kilotons of TNT.
Round 4 · 1913 AD
Casual
Steam Shovels Excavating the Panama Canal Culebra Cut
The daunting Culebra Cut was an artificial valley carved through the continental divide, requiring tens of thousands of workers to remove over a hundred million cubic yards of rock and dirt.
Round 5 · 1914 AD
Casual
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Gavrilo Princip
Outside Schiller's delicatessen near the Latin Bridge, a nineteen-year-old nationalist fired the fatal shots into the Austro-Hungarian heir's open-topped Gräf & Stift car, sparking the outbreak of the First World War.