Cartoonist Charles Schulz debuted his comic strip Peanuts' first black character, Franklin, on July 31, 1968. Peanuts Worldwide LLC hide caption
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The Pentagon has identified the remains of Lawrence E. Dickson (second left), pictured in 1942 with members of the graduating class at Tuskegee Army Flying School. Afro Newspaper/Gado/Getty Images hide caption
This summer, the Santa Fe Opera's staging of "Dr. Atomic" features locals who have been affected by the U.S. government's 1945 atomic bomb test. Ken Howard for the Santa Fe Opera hide caption
The 'Downwinders' From Atomic Testing Get Deserved Attention
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Hazmat suits hang next to the canal that leads from Balaklava Bay to the heart of the underground base. Lucian Kim/NPR hide caption
Now A Museum, This USSR Submarine Base Was Built To Endure U.S. Nukes — And Retaliate
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International law on refugees has its roots in the massive displacement that occurred in Europe during World War II. Above: Belgian refugees fleeing after the German invasion of their country in 1940. AP hide caption
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Muslim women praying together in the Istiqlal mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia. Afriadi Hikmal/Getty Images hide caption
Tourists eat fried insects, including locusts, bamboo worms, dragonfly larvae, silkworm chrysalises and more during a competition in Lijiang, China. For Westerners, eating insects means getting over the ick factor. VCG/Getty Images hide caption
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President Bill Clinton (left) and Russian President Boris Yeltsin overlook the fall splendor of the Hudson Valley from the grounds of Franklin D. Roosevelt's home in Hyde Park, N.Y., in October 1995. The pair had a close relationship throughout the 1990s, befitting a time of reduced tensions just after the Cold War's end. Stephan Savoia/AP hide caption
U.S.-Russia Summits, From Gravely Serious To Absurdly Comical
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Drone footage captured by Anthony Murphy shows the outline of an ancient henge, visible in the pattern of crops grown in a field near Newgrange, Ireland. Anthony Murphy/Mythical Ireland hide caption
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A plaque marks the gravesite of Emmett Till at Burr Oak Cemetery in Aslip, Ill. No one was convicted in his 1955 lynching. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
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Scuba divers swim after visiting aviation wrecks from World War II off the coast of Rabaul on New Britain island in Papua New Guinea. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
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How The 'Battling' Kellogg Brothers Revolutionized American Breakfast
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Claude Lanzmann, seen last year at the Cannes Film Festival in France. Antony Jones/Getty Images hide caption
A woman was arrested after climbing onto the base of the Statue of Liberty and remaining there for three hours. She was protesting immigrant family separations. AP hide caption